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####&*^~^¨ GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ¨^~^*###
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####&*^~^¨ A LIQUID SHAPED LIKE A LIVING THING, ¨^~^*###
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####&*^~^¨ LIT BY THE SUN! AND THIS PLEASURE IS TO ¨^~^*###
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####&*^~^¨ THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A ¨^~^*###
####&*^~^¨ SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ¨^~^*###
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####&*^~^¨ BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT ¨^~^*###
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