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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! .~~:*@@@##
@@@@@*:~~. .~~:*@@@@@
#@@@@*:~~. 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, ...~~:@@@@
@@@@@*:~~. .~~:*@@@@@
@@*~~..... 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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