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#@@§*†;~,. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .,~;†*§@@#
##@§*†;~,. 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. .,~;†*§@@@
#@@§*†;~,. .,~;†*§@@#
##@@*†;~,. 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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