5: FERMENT.
Mmmm that sugar sure does taste goooood. I can't stop... mmmm.... Just another bite... Okay, one more. Yum yum... just one more?

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4: INVADE.
This broth ain't big enough for the two of us. I'm coming for you, and there's nowhere to hide.

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3: CONTAMINATE.
Cerise the serratia had the sneaking suspicion they didn't quite belong here. The grub was great, but everyone kept giving them funny looks...

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2: EVOLVE.
Maybe it was born with it, maybe it was a new spike protein... Whatever it was, this virus was going places!

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1: SYMBIOSIS.
Namasté, friend. If you scratch my chemoreceptor arrays, I'll scratch yours? Nirvana awaits!

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