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##@@**/--¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... ¨--/**@@##
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##@@**/--¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND ¨--/**@@##
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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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#@*//---¨¨ 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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#@@@**/--¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨---**@
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##@@**/--¨ IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A ¨--/**@@##
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@@@@**/--¨ BY SOME INTERNAL FUEL HOSTILE TO LIFE. ¨--/**@@@@
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