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@@@%;~.... SOMETHING LIES GLOWING ....~;%@@@
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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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