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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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