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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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