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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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##¶§¤*:«,¨ 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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##¶§¤*:«,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨,«*§#
##¶§¤*:«,¨ 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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