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#$$/«~~~.. LARGE SANDY BEACHES, UPSHORE WHERE ..~~~«/$$#
&&&**«.... DUNES MEET SHADOWY PINES. TEAL EGG, ....«**&&&
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&*//««.... MAKES SOME SENTIENT BIRD OR OTHER ....««//*&
#@#&$*/«~. WARM-BLOODED CREATURE. LANKY MEAT, .~«/*$@#
#&$/~..... INCREDIBLE MEAT INSIDE, MOSTLY TENDONS. .....~/$
###&$*/«~. SLITHERY BUT STRONG. .~«/*$##
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&&*«...... BELLY BUTTON. LOOKS LIKE A RUBBER ......«*&&
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@&&*«~.... TIME, BUT IT KNOWS A GOOD BELLY BUTTON ....~«*&&@
#@#&$*/«~. WHEN IT SEES ONE, AND KNOWS TO ENTER .~«/*$@#
##@&$*/«~. THE EGG .~«/*$&@##
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@&$*/«.... IT WILL CRAWL INTO THE TEAL SPHERE, ....«/*$&@
###&$*/«~. DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND EAT IT ALL UP, .~«/*$##
#@#&$*/«~. RUINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE EGG. .~«/*$@#
&*/«...... DESTROYING THE INHABITANT. ......«/*&
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&&$/«~.... IT'S A GRISLY SIGHT WHEN IT CRACKS ....~«/$&&
#@#&$*/«~. OPEN, THE REPTILE TAKING THE QUICK .~«/*$@#
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##$$/~~... AND SATISFIED~~ ...~~/$$##
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