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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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##@§@*:-,. 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, .,-:*@§@##
§@:-...... now almost humanoid. although suddenly ......-:@§
##@§@*:-,. it all liquifies completely, now just a .,-:*@§@##
##@§@*:-,. burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but .,-:*@§@##
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