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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! ....~^^§&#
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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 .~=^§§@###
#&&&§§^=~. BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT .~=^§§&&&#
@&§§^^^=~. BY SOME INTERNAL FUEL HOSTILE TO LIFE. .~=^^^§§&@
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