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#@@#%*†«:¨ it lures you closer yet. ¨:«†*%#@@#
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#%†:¨¨¨¨¨¨ it's in a state of bliss! it's a flame, ¨¨¨¨¨¨:†%#
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#@@#%*†«:¨ be shared, shared with others. ¨:«†*%#@@#
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#@@#%*†«:¨ and the creatures of the sea creep ¨:«†*%#@@#
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#@@#%*†«:¨ squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ¨:«†*%#@@#
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#@@#%*†«:¨ it all liquifies completely, now just a ¨:«†*%#@@#
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####%*†«:¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨:«†*%####
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