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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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#@*~.¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨.~;**&&@#
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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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#@&;~~~~.¨ 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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