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##@¤%%*=:¨ GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ¨:=*%%¤@##
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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, ¨:=*%%¤@##
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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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