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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 ¨,~/%%¤###
###¤%%/~,¨ BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT ¨,~/%%¤###
#¤%/,¨¨¨¨¨ BY SOME INTERNAL FUEL HOSTILE TO LIFE. ¨¨¨¨¨,/%¤#
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