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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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¤$$^^~,,,. AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP .,,,~^^$$¤
###¤$§^~,. CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE .,~^§$¤###
###¤$§^~,. SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, .,~^§$¤###
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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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