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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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