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.......... all  fleshfolk  share this  kind of  sea ..........
.......... within  them  that soothes  the  ache of ..........
^.........             the rocky shores             .........^
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†~^.......         does it erode the stone?         .......^~†
††~^......        this water can be poisoned.       ......^~††
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@#$††~^...                                          ...^~††$#@
@@#$††~^.. a  priority is the  flow  of  the blood, ..^~††$#@@
#@@#$††~^. and  the oxygen  level in it. it's  also .^~††$#@@#
@@#$††~^.. nice to  maintain a low viscosity level, ..^~††$#@@
@#$††~^...           perhaps by hydration.          ...^~††$#@
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†~^....... red  as  night  and  warm  to  the touch .......^~†
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