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&§††«..... 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, .....«§#
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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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