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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! .....~\§#@
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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 .~-\^§#@##
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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 .~-\^§##@#
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