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  1. Codex Of Unlikely Symbiosis

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    One of the most detailed entries concerns the pairing of the Terraformis lentus (Tectonic Slug) and Cryophytum aetherium (Glacial Algae).
    The Tectonic Slug, hypothesized to inhabit deep subterranean fault lines, is described as possessing a near-zero metabolic rate, deriving almost all necessary energy not from chemosynthesis, but from the slow, continuous dissipation of tectonic strain energy. Conversely…