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¨¨^~/$*¤¶#              ## ¨^~~~^¨ ##               #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
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¨¨^~/$*¤¶#    large sandy beaches, upshore where    #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
¨^~/$*¤¶## dunes  meet  shadowy  pines.  teal  egg, ##¶¤*$/~^¨
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¨¨¨^~/$*¤¶ makes   some  sentient   bird  or  other ¶¤*$/~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~/$*¤¶#    warm-blooded creature. lanky meat,    #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
¨^~/$*¤¶##  incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. ##¶¤*$/~^¨
¨¨^~/$*¤¶#           slithery but strong.           #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~/$*¤¶                                          ¶¤*$/~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~/$*¤¶# the egg has  an opening.  the egg  has a #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
¨^~/$*¤¶## belly  button.   looks  like   a  rubber ##¶¤*$/~^¨
¨¨^~/$*¤¶# vortex,  the crust gets soft and becomes #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~/$*¤¶                 a hole.                  ¶¤*$/~^¨¨¨
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¨¨^~/$*¤¶#     particular snake or lizard which     #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
¨^~/$*¤¶## certainly  eats  insects   most  of  the ##¶¤*$/~^¨
¨¨^~/$*¤¶# time, but it  knows a good belly  button #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~/$*¤¶ when  it sees one,  and  knows to  enter ¶¤*$/~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~/$*¤¶#                  the egg                 #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
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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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¨¨^~/$*¤¶# open,  the   reptile  taking  the  quick #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
¨^~/$*¤¶##  exit, emerging bloodied and victorious  ##¶¤*$/~^¨
¨¨^~/$*¤¶#              and satisfied~~             #¶¤*$/~^¨¨
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