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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. .,~\†¤§¶¶@
¶§††~,.... ....,~††§¶
@@¶§¤†\~,. 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. .,~\†¤§¶@#
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