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###&*§;~~, glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ,~~;§*##
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&**§§~~,,, and when it raises an arm, its fingers ,,,~~§§**&
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&&&§~~~~,, it lures you closer yet. ,,~~~~§&&&
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###&*§;~~, 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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##*§;~,,,, 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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