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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 .,~\^$#@@@
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@@@#$^\~,. THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A .,~\^$#@@@
#$^\\\,... SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ...,\\\^$#
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#@@#$^\~,. IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .,~\^$#@@#
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