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##¶#@§;~^. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .^~;§@#¶##
¶¶@@;;^^^. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... .^^^;;@@¶¶
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¶¶##@§;~^. 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 ...~;§@@##
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