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##@&&*=~:¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨~~~*&#
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@&&*=~:¨¨¨ AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS ¨¨¨:~=*&&@
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##@&&*=~:¨ IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, ¨:~=*&&@##
##@&&*=~:¨ LIT BY THE SUN! AND THIS PLEASURE IS TO ¨:~=*&&@##
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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. ¨:~=*&&@##
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##@&&*=~:¨ 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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