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#@#§@^;~,. 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 .,~;^@§#@#
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