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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. ...~~%%%%@
###@%%/~,. .,~/%%@###
###@%%/~,. 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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