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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 ¨¨¨¨=\\**#
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###§**\=.¨ BY SOME INTERNAL FUEL HOSTILE TO LIFE. ¨.=\**§###
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