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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 .^~~~:***&
#@@&$*:~^. SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, .^~:*$&@@#
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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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