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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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