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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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