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#@#@@†==:¨ AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS ¨:==†@@#@#
#@#@@†==:¨ ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, ¨:==†@@#@#
##@#@†==:¨ IT LURES YOU CLOSER YET. ¨:==†@#@##
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#@#@@†==:¨ IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, ¨:==†@@#@#
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#@#@@†==:¨ AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP ¨:==†@@#@#
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#@#@@†==:¨ SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ¨:==†@@#@#
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#@#@@†==:¨ THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A ¨:==†@@#@#
#@†==:¨¨¨¨ SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ¨¨¨¨:==†@#
#@††====:¨ NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY ¨:====††@#
##@@@†==:¨ IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A ¨:==†@@@##
#@#@@†==:¨ BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT ¨:==†@@#@#
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