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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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