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#@@#@§*~-. it's almost otter-like, but like lava, .-~*§@#@@#
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#@@#@§*~-. it lures you closer yet. .-~*§@#@@#
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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 .-~*§@#@##
#@@#@§*~-. closer, hypnotized and curious, and the .-~*§@#@@#
#@@#@§*~-. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .-~*§@#@@#
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#@@#@§*~-. 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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