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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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