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####§§:~~¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... ¨~~:§§####
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#§:~~¨¨¨¨¨ CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT ¨¨¨¨¨~~:§#
#&§§§:~¨¨¨ GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ¨¨¨~:§§§
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###&§§:~~¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨~::§§&
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&§~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~§&
###&§§:~~¨ SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ¨~~:§§##
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#§:~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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