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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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