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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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