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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, .....,/%§§
###§¤%/~,. .,~/%¤§###
§%/,...... 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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