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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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##*^~..... 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 .-~^^*@#@@
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#@#@*^^~-. BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT .-~^^*@#@#
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