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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, .....~^^¤#
#¤^;;~.... 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 .....;^¤¤#
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¤$^~...... SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ......~^$¤
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¤¤$;;~.... SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ....~;;$¤¤
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¤^;....... IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .......;^¤
¤$^^~..... BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT .....~^^$¤
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