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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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