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#@$$;-.... a liquid shaped like a living thing, ....-;$$@#
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####¤$;-^. are dripping with fire. with its song, .^-;$¤####
###@¤$;-^. it lures you closer yet. .^-;$¤@###
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@$-^^^.... be shared, shared with others. ....^^^-$@
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###@¤$;-^. closer, hypnotized and curious, and the .^-;$¤@###
###@¤$;-^. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .^-;$¤@###
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###@¤$;-^. it all liquifies completely, now just a .^-;$¤@###
@¤;-^..... burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but .....^-;¤@
####¤$;-^. by some internal fuel hostile to life. .^-;$¤####
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