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@¤$====~~. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .~~====$¤@
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@@¤¤**==~. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND .~==**¤¤@@
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###¤¤$*=~. GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! .~=*$¤¤###
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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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