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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, ¨.~†%%@@##
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@%%~.¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨.~~†%@
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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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