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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! .~=/*@§###
#§§*/=.... ....=/*§§#
###§@*/=~. 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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