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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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