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###@@§=~-. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .-~=§@@###
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#@@=~~.... GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ....~~=@@#
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#@@§==~~-. 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, .....~§@@#
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@@§~...... AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP ......~§@@
###@@§=~-. CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE .-~=§@@###
@@@@=-.... SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ....-=@@@@
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#@@§~..... SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, .....~§@@#
###@@§=~-. NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY .-~=§@@###
###@@§=~-. IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .-~=§@@###
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