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#@\~...... SOMETHING LIES GLOWING ......~\@#
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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 .~~\%@@###
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@@@%\\~... NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY ...~\\%@@@
###@@%\~~. IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .~~\%@@###
#@%\~..... BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT .....~\%@#
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