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###@¤*^-~. Something Lies Glowing .~-^*¤@###
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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 ....~~^*¤@
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###@¤*^-~. By Some Internal Fuel Hostile To Life. .~-^*¤@###
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