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&&....&&&. -------- # egg eater # -------- &&.&&&...&
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&&.&&&&&&. absolutely spherical egg. find it on &.&&...&&.
&.&&.....& large sandy beaches, upshore where &&&.&..&.&
.&&.&....& dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, ...&&&.&&&
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&.&&..&..& makes some sentient bird or other &&.&&.&.&.
&&&.&.&&.& warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, ..&&.&&&&&
...&&&&.&& incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. &.&.&&....
...&...&&. slithery but strong. .&&&&.&...
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...&.&.&&& the egg has an opening. the egg has a &&&..&..&.
...&&&&&.. belly button. looks like a rubber ...&.&&.&&
&..&....&. vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes ...&&&.&&.
&&.&&...&& a hole. &..&..&&.&
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.....&.&.& and on these beaches there's a &...&.&..&
&....&&&&& particular snake or lizard which .&..&&&&.&
.&...&.... certainly eats insects most of the &&&.&...&&
&&&..&&... time, but it knows a good belly button ...&&&..&.
&..&.&.&.. when it sees one, and knows to enter ...&..&.&&
.&.&&&&&&. the egg &..&&.&&&.
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&&..&....& it will crawl into the teal sphere, ..&&&&.&.&
..&.&&...& disappear completely and eat it all up, ..&...&&&&
&.&&&.&..& ruining the integrity of the egg. ..&&..&...
&&&..&&&.& destroying the inhabitant. ..&.&.&&..
&..&.&..&& &.&&&&&.&.
&&.&&&&.&. it's a grisly sight when it cracks .&&....&&&
..&&...&&& open, the reptile taking the quick &&.&...&..
..&.&..&.. exit, emerging bloodied and victorious &.&&&..&&.
..&&&&.&&. and satisfied~~ &&&..&.&.&
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