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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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