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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! .~~^=%¤@@@
@@@¤%=^~~. .~~^=%¤@@@
@@¤¤%=^~~. 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. .~~^=%¤@@@
@@@¤%=^~~. .~~^=%¤@@@
@@@¤%=^~~. 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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