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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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