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##@#$$:~~. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .~~:$$#@##
#@#$:~~... ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... ...~~:$#@#
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##@#$$:~~. GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! .~~:$$#@##
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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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@$$::~~~~. BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. .~~~~::$$@
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##$:~..... SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, .....~:$##
##@#$$:~~. NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY .~~:$$#@##
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