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@@@@¤%=«:¨ glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ¨:«=%¤@@@@
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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, ¨:«=%¤@@@@
@@@@¤%=«:¨ 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 ¨:«=%¤@@@@
@@@%«:¨¨¨¨ sludge extends a hand, and they take it, ¨¨¨¨:«%@@@
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#@@@¤%=«:¨ writhing with joy, accepts them all. ¨:«=%¤@@@#
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##@@¤%=«:¨ squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ¨:«=%¤@@##
#@@@¤%=«:¨ now almost humanoid. although suddenly ¨:«=%¤@@@#
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