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#@@¤@%/=~, caustic and sweet sweet thing, it ,~=/%@¤@@#
@@@¤@%/=~, glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ,~=/%@¤@@@
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¤%%//=,,,, it's almost otter-like, but like lava, ,,,,=//%%¤
##@¤@%/=~, a liquid shaped like a living thing, ,~=/%@¤@##
##@¤@%/=~, 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, ,~=/%@¤@##
##@¤@%/=~, lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ,~=/%@¤@##
##@¤@%/=~, be shared, shared with others. ,~=/%@¤@##
##@¤@%/=~, ,~=/%@¤@##
##@¤@%/=~, and the creatures of the sea creep ,~=/%@¤@##
##@¤@%/=~, closer, hypnotized and curious, and the ,~=/%@¤@##
##@¤@%/=~, sludge extends a hand, and they take it, ,~=/%@¤@##
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¤%%/~,,,,, writhing with joy, accepts them all. ,,,,,~/%%¤
##@¤@%/=~, 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 ,~=/%@¤@##
@@@/=~,,,, by some internal fuel hostile to life. ,,,,~=/@@@
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