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####&^^=:. caustic and sweet sweet thing, it .:=^^&####
###^^===:. 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 .:=^^&&&&#
####&^^=:. are dripping with fire. with its song, .:=^^&####
####&^^=:. it lures you closer yet. .:=^^&####
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##^^==.... 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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####&^^=:. 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 .:=^^&####
##&&^=:... burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but ...:=^&&##
####&^^=:. by some internal fuel hostile to life. .:=^^&####
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