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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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