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#@##@%:=,, 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, ,,=:%@##@#
###@:=,,,, and when it raises an arm, its fingers ,,,,=:@###
####@%:=,, 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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#@%%==,,,, 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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#@##@%:=,, now almost humanoid. although suddenly ,,=:%@##@#
@#@%:,,,,, 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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