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##@§*††~^. CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT .^~††*§@##
##@§*††~^. 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, .....^††§#
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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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@§††~^.... WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. ....^~††§@
#@§*†~~~^. THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A .^~~~†*§@#
##@§*††~^. SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, .^~††*§@##
#@@§*††~^. NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY .^~††*§@@#
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