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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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