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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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