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##¶#%†;=:¨ glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ¨:=;†%#¶##
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¶¶¶#%†;=:¨ it's almost otter-like, but like lava, ¨:=;†%#¶¶¶
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##¶#%†;=:¨ 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 ¨:=;†%#¶##
##¶#%†;=:¨ closer, hypnotized and curious, and the ¨:=;†%#¶##
##¶#%†;=:¨ sludge extends a hand, and they take it, ¨:=;†%#¶##
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#%;;=¨¨¨¨¨ now almost humanoid. although suddenly ¨¨¨¨¨=;;%#
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##¶#%†;=:¨ burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but ¨:=;†%#¶##
##††††;=:¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨:=;††††##
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