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###@*§;=.¨ GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ¨.=;§*@###
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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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###@*§;=.¨ WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. ¨.=;§*@###
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###@*§;=.¨ SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ¨.=;§*@###
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###@*§;=.¨ IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A ¨.=;§*@###
###@*§;=.¨ BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT ¨.=;§*@###
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