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##@@$%:«~, glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ,~«:%$@@##
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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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#@@@$%:«~, be shared, shared with others. ,~«:%$@@@#
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@@$:~~,,,, and the creatures of the sea creep ,,,,~~:$@@
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##@@$%:«~, sludge extends a hand, and they take it, ,~«:%$@@##
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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 ,,,,,~:%@#
##@@$%:«~, burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but ,~«:%$@@##
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