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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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¤$§~...... IT'S ALMOST OTTER-LIKE, BUT LIKE LAVA, ......~§$¤
#$$::~.... A LIQUID SHAPED LIKE A LIVING THING, ....~::$$#
#@#¤$§:~^. AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS .^~:§$¤#@#
¤¤¤$§§:~^. ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, .^~:§§$¤¤¤
#@#¤$§:~^. IT LURES YOU CLOSER YET. .^~:§$¤#@#
¤¤§§:^.... ....^:§§¤¤
#@#¤$§:~^. IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, .^~:§$¤#@#
#@#¤$§:~^. LIT BY THE SUN! AND THIS PLEASURE IS TO .^~:§$¤#@#
#¤$::~.... BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. ....~::$¤#
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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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