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#@@#&=:~-¨ glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ¨-~:=&#@@#
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@@@#&=:~-¨ a liquid shaped like a living thing, ¨-~:=&#@@@
@@@#&=:~-¨ and when it raises an arm, its fingers ¨-~:=&#@@@
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#@@#&=:~-¨ 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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#@@#&=:~-¨ closer, hypnotized and curious, and the ¨-~:=&#@@#
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#&=~-¨¨¨¨¨ they step inside, taking the shape of a ¨¨¨¨¨-~=&#
#@@#&=:~-¨ squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ¨-~:=&#@@#
#@@#&=:~-¨ now almost humanoid. although suddenly ¨-~:=&#@@#
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#@@#&=:~-¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨-~:=&#@@#
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