¨
¨ ~
~ ~
% ¨ ¨
# ¨ ¨ ~
% # %
~ § #
# ¨ ¨
~ ¨ ~ #
¨ %%¤§§¤%% ¤
# ¨¨~~»»**¨ ¨**»»~~¨¨ ¨ ~
¨ ¨**»»~~¨¨ ¨¨~~»»**¨ #
¨¨~~»»**¨ ¨**»»~~¨¨
**»»~~¨¨ ¨¨~~»»**
#@§%%%*»~¨ ¨¨ ¨¨ ¨~»*%%%§@#
@§§%%%*»~¨ SOMETHING LIES GLOWING ¨~»*%%%§§@
@@§¤¤%*»~¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... ¨~»*%¤¤§@@
#@@§¤%*»~¨ ¨¨ ¨¨ ¨~»*%¤§@@#
@¤%***»~~¨ ¨¨~~»»**¨ ¨**»»~~¨¨ ¨~~»***%¤@
##@§¤%*»~¨ ¨**»»~~¨¨ ¨¨~~»»**¨ ¨~»*%¤§@##
###@§%*»~¨ %%¤§§¤%% ¨~»*%§@###
###@§¤%*~¨ ¨~*%¤§@###
§%»~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨~»%§
@@@§¤%*»~¨ CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT ¨~»*%¤§@@@
#§%%**»»~¨ GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ¨~»»**%%§#
###@§¤*»~¨ ¨~»*¤§@###
##@§¤%*»~¨ 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. ¨~»*%%¤§@@
###§¤%*»~¨ ¨~»*%¤§###
#§¤¤%»»~~¨ 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. ¨~»*%¤§@##
##@§¤%*»~¨ ¨~»*%¤§@##
#@¤*»~¨¨¨¨ AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP ¨¨¨¨~»*¤@#
##@§¤%*»~¨ CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE ¨~»*%¤§@##
@§%»»¨¨¨¨¨ SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ¨¨¨¨¨»»%§@
§¤¤***~~¨¨ ¨¨~~***¤¤§
###§¤%*»~¨ 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. ¨~»*%¤§§§§
§§§¤%%*»~¨ ¨~»*%%¤§§§
#§¤%%**»~¨ ¨**»»~~¨¨ ¨¨~~»»**¨ ¨~»**%%¤§#
###@§¤*»~¨ ¨¨~~»»**¨ ¨¨~~~~¨¨ ¨**»»~~¨¨ ¨~»*¤§@###
¨¨ ¨¨