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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, .,~^===&&#
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####&%=~,. 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 .,~^=%%%##
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