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#$$%^~.... SOMETHING LIES GLOWING ....~^%$$#
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@@#¤$%^~~. GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! .~~^%$¤#@@
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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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#$$^^^~~~. IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, .~~~^^^$$#
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¤%^^^~~... 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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