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@@@§%%=~^. 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. .^~=%%§@@@
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##@@§%%=^. And The Creatures Of The Sea Creep .^=%%§@@##
##@@%%=~^. Closer, Hypnotized And Curious, And The .^~=%%@@##
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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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