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##@#@†/~~. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .~~/†@#@##
###†/~~... ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... ...~~/†###
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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! .~~/†@#@@#
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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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