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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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