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  "name": "Spark Squid",
  "aliases": [],
  "type": "character",
  "reality": "fictionalized",
  "loreStatus": "established",
  "summary": "Flashes patterns on its skin. The patterns spell out nothing. Probably.",
  "traits": [
    "Glassy sea green from fins to tentacles, with a glowing lure above the head. It can flash its whole body in a blink.",
    "Stays in its tank when the barriers fail. It follows Seven along the glass instead, which is somehow worse.",
    "Home: Pelagia."
  ],
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  "collections": [
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    "previewUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-source-starlight-squid-card-v1-480.webp",
    "alt": "Spark Squid in an existing Starlight Menagerie gameplay image.",
    "caption": "Reused in-game creature reference from Starlight Menagerie. The full source frame is preserved.",
    "status": "approved",
    "version": 1,
    "sourceLabel": "Starlight Menagerie creature reference",
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    "selectedUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-source-starlight-squid-card-v1-1200.webp",
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  "variants": [],
  "appearances": [
    {
      "title": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html",
      "collectionId": "starlight-menagerie"
    },
    {
      "title": "The creatures",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/creatures.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    },
    {
      "title": "The map of Doorly Orbital",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/map.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    }
  ],
  "relationships": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "starlight-menagerie-encyclopedia",
      "title": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html"
    }
  ],
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-30",
      "text": "Added from the named source to the Field Guide."
    }
  ],
  "spoilers": [],
  "questions": [
    "Inspired by Squid; the guide describes its game depiction."
  ],
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      "id": "starlight-squid-source-1",
      "kind": "scene",
      "url": "/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/squid-three.webp",
      "previewUrl": "/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/squid-three.webp",
      "alt": "Spark Squid in the Starlight Menagerie.",
      "caption": "Spark Squid in the Starlight Menagerie.",
      "status": "approved",
      "version": 1,
      "sourceLabel": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
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  "revision": 1,
  "updated": "2026-10-30"
}