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###&%$:~:, caustic and sweet sweet thing, it ,:~:$%&###
###&%$:~:, glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ,:~:$%&###
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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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#&&&%$:~:, and the creatures of the sea creep ,:~:$%&&&#
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###&%$:~:, sludge extends a hand, and they take it, ,:~:$%&###
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###&%$:~:, they step inside, taking the shape of a ,:~:$%&###
#&&%%$:~:, squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ,:~:$%%&&#
###&%$:~:, now almost humanoid. although suddenly ,:~:$%&###
###&%$:~:, it all liquifies completely, now just a ,:~:$%&###
###&%$:~:, burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but ,:~:$%&###
###&%$:~:, by some internal fuel hostile to life. ,:~:$%&###
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