¨
¨ .
. .
† ¨ ¨
# ¨ ¨ .
† # †
. @ #
# ¨ ¨
. ¨ . #
¨ ††%@@%†† %
# ¨¨..==**¨ ¨**==..¨¨ ¨ .
¨ ¨**==..¨¨ ¨¨..==**¨ #
¨¨..==**¨ ¨**==..¨¨
**==..¨¨ ¨¨..==**
###@%†*=.¨ ¨¨ ¨¨ ¨.=*†%@###
###@%†*=.¨ SOMETHING LIES GLOWING ¨.=*†%@###
@@%†*..¨¨¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... ¨¨¨..*†%@@
@@#@%†*=.¨ ¨¨ ¨¨ ¨.=*†%@#@@
@@††††*=.¨ ¨¨..==**¨ ¨**==..¨¨ ¨.=*††††@@
#@@@%†*=.¨ ¨**==..¨¨ ¨¨..==**¨ ¨.=*†%@@@#
@@#@%†*=.¨ ††%@@%†† ¨.=*†%@#@@
#@#@%†*=.¨ ¨.=*†%@#@#
@@@@%†*=.¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND ¨.=*†%@@@@
##@#%†*=.¨ CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT ¨.=*†%#@##
@†=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=†@
#@#@%†*=.¨ ¨.=*†%@#@#
#@#@%†*=.¨ 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. ¨.=*†%@#@@
@%%*=.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.=*%%@
#%%***=..¨ 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. ¨.=*†%@#@#
@#%**=.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.=**%#@
@#@†††*=.¨ AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP ¨.=*†††@#@
#@#@%†*=.¨ CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE ¨.=*†%@#@#
#@#@%†*=.¨ SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ¨.=*†%@#@#
###@%†*=.¨ ¨.=*†%@###
#@#@%†*=.¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨.=†@#
#@#@%†*=.¨ ¨.=*†%@#@#
#@#@%†*=.¨ ¨**==..¨¨ ¨¨..==**¨ ¨.=*†%@#@#
@@†*=¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨..==**¨ ¨¨....¨¨ ¨**==..¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨=*†@@
¨¨ ¨¨