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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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