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@@***//=~. GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! .~=//***@@
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##@@@*/=~. A LIQUID SHAPED LIKE A LIVING THING, .~=/*@@@##
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@@@@@*/=~. ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, .~=/*@@@@@
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##@@@*/=~. 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 .~=/*@@@@#
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