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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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