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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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