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¤$$††».... CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT ....»††$$¤
@@¶¤$=†»~. GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! .~»†=$¤¶@@
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¶$$†~..... IT'S ALMOST OTTER-LIKE, BUT LIKE LAVA, .....~†$$¶
#@¶¤$=†»~. A LIQUID SHAPED LIKE A LIVING THING, .~»†=$¤¶@#
¤$††††~... AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS ...~††††$¤
¤=»~...... 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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##@¤$=†»~. AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP .~»†=$¤@##
@¶¶¤$=†»~. CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE .~»†=$¤¶¶@
##¶¤$=†»~. SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, .~»†=$¤¶##
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#@¶¤$=†»~. WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. .~»†=$¤¶@#
@¶$†~~.... THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A ....~~†$¶@
@@¶¤$=†»~. SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, .~»†=$¤¶@@
¤=††~..... NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY .....~††=¤
#@¶¤$=†»~. IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .~»†=$¤¶@#
¤¤¤¤$=†»~. BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT .~»†=$¤¤¤¤
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