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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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