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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, .^»:%*§@##
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##@§*%:»^. 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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