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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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