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###§$=:»~. .. .. .~»:=$§###
####$=:»~. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .~»:=$####
###§$=:»~. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... .~»:=$§###
###§$=:»~. .. .. .~»:=$§###
##$=:»~... ..~~»»::. .::»»~~.. ...~»:=$##
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§$$=::~... ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND ...~::=$$§
###§$=:»~. CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT .~»:=$§###
##§$=»~~.. GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ..~~»=$§##
§=::»..... .....»::=§
#§$$$=:»~. IT'S ALMOST OTTER-LIKE, BUT LIKE LAVA, .~»:=$$$§#
§$:»»».... A LIQUID SHAPED LIKE A LIVING THING, ....»»»:$§
###§$=:»~. AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS .~»:=$§###
###§$=:»~. ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, .~»:=$§###
§§§$$=:»~. IT LURES YOU CLOSER YET. .~»:=$$§§§
#§§$==:»~. .~»:==$§§#
###§$=:»~. IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, .~»:=$§###
§=:::::»~. LIT BY THE SUN! AND THIS PLEASURE IS TO .~»:::::=§
###§$=:»~. BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. .~»:=$§###
§$:»~..... .....~»:$§
#$=:~..... AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP .....~:=$#
#§$$=»»... CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE ...»»=$$§#
###§$=:»~. SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, .~»:=$§###
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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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