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##@¤*^/~.¨ SOMETHING LIES GLOWING ¨.~/^*¤@##
¤^~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~^¤
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¤^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^¤
###¤*^/~.¨ 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 ¨.~/^*¤###
###@*^/~.¨ CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE ¨.~/^*@###
##@¤*^/~.¨ SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ¨.~/^*¤@##
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¤¤¤¤*^/~.¨ WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. ¨.~/^*¤¤¤¤
#¤^~~~¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨..~^**¤
##@¤*^/~.¨ BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT ¨.~/^*¤@##
@¤^/~~.¨¨¨ BY SOME INTERNAL FUEL HOSTILE TO LIFE. ¨¨¨.~~/^¤@
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