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@$*~...... SOMETHING LIES GLOWING ......~*$@
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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 .^~*^@@@##
#@@@$^*~^. BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. .^~*^$@@@#
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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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#@@@$^*~^. WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. .^~*^$@@@#
@@@@$^*~^. THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A .^~*^$@@@@
#@@@$^*~^. SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, .^~*^$@@@#
#@@@$^*~^. NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY .^~*^$@@@#
@@$^^~~~^. IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .^~~~^^$@@
@@@@$^*~^. BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT .^~*^$@@@@
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