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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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