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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, .,~\=%#@##
##@#%=\~,. .,~\=%#@##
@@@#%=\~,. 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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