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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 .~=†*§§§§&
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@&&§§*†=~. 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, .~=†*§&@##
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#@&§*==~.. IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A ..~==*§&@#
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##@&§*†=~. BY SOME INTERNAL FUEL HOSTILE TO LIFE. .~=†*§&@##
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