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###@$%=~:. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND .:~=%$@###
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###@$%=~:. GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! .:~=%$@###
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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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