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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! .~»/%%%%##
####%%/»~. .~»/%%####
####%%/»~. 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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