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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, ¨:«/^*@@##
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##@@*^/«:¨ 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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###@*^/«:¨ 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 ¨¨¨::/^*@#
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##@@*^/«:¨ burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but ¨:«/^*@@##
#@*^///«:¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨:«///^*@#
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