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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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###@¤$†~~¨ AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS ¨~~†$¤@###
###@¤$=†~¨ ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, ¨~†=$¤@###
@$†~~¨¨¨¨¨ IT LURES YOU CLOSER YET. ¨¨¨¨¨~~†$@
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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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