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####&$†~,. CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT .,~†$###
&†~,...... GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ......,~†&
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###&$†*~,. AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS .,~*†$##
###&$†*~,. ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, .,~*†$##
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###&$†*~,. IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, .,~*†$##
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#&&$††*~,. BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. .,~*††$&
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&$††††*~,. AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP .,~*††††$&
###&$†*~,. CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE .,~*†$##
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####&$*~,. WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. .,~*$###
###&$†*~,. THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A .,~*†$##
##&††*,... SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ...,*††#
###&$†*~,. NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY .,~*†$##
###&$†*~,. IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .,~*†$##
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