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.#.....### absolutely spherical egg. find it on ....#.....
..#....#.# 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. ...#.##...
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...#...... 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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...###.... and on these beaches there's a #..#..#...
...#.##... 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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..#..#..#. it's a grisly sight when it cracks ..#.##....
...#..#..# open, the reptile taking the quick #...###...
....#..#.. exit, emerging bloodied and victorious ##..#.##..
.....#..#. and satisfied~~ .##...###.
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