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###§§==»~. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .~»==§§###
§§====~... ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... ...~====§§
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###§§==»~. ..~~»»==. .==»»~~.. .~»==§§###
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#§§=»..... ==§§§§== .....»=§§#
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####§==»~. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND .~»==§####
##§====»~. CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT .~»====§##
#§§=»~.... GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ....~»=§§#
§§==~..... .....~==§§
####§==»~. 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. ....»==§##
###§§==»~. .~»==§§###
§§§§§==»~. AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP .~»==§§§§§
###§§==»~. CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE .~»==§§###
###§§==»~. SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, .~»==§§###
§§§=»..... .....»=§§§
####§§=»~. 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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