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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. .~~^†*@¶@@
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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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