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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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