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###&@%;~,. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... .,~;%@&###
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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 .....,;%&#
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##@@@%;~,. 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 .,~;%@&###
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