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#@#¤$§*~~. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .~~*§$¤#@#
##@¤$§*~~. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... .~~*§$¤@##
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¤¤§****~~. 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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