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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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