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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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