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###&%^:~,, 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, ,,~:^%&###
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