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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 ..»==&&@@#
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