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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. ...~=**††@
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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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