.
. ~
~ ~
% . .
# . . ~
% # %
~ ¤ #
# . .
~ . ~ #
. %%&¤¤&%% &
# ..~~»»**. .**»»~~.. . ~
. .**»»~~.. ..~~»»**. #
..~~»»**. .**»»~~..
**»»~~.. ..~~»»**
##@¤&%*»~. .. .. .~»*%&¤@##
##@¤&%*»~. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .~»*%&¤@##
##@¤&%*»~. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... .~»*%&¤@##
@¤%%*»~... .. .. ...~»*%%¤@
¤%%»...... ..~~»»**. .**»»~~.. ......»%%¤
##@¤&%*»~. .**»»~~.. ..~~»»**. .~»*%&¤@##
¤&%»»»~... %%&¤¤&%% ...~»»»%&¤
##@¤&%*»~. .~»*%&¤@##
@@¤&&%*»~. 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. ....~*&¤@@
#@@¤&%*»~. .~»*%&¤@@#
@@@¤&%*»~. AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP .~»*%&¤@@@
¤&&*»..... CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE .....»*&&¤
#@@¤&%*»~. SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, .~»*%&¤@@#
¤¤¤%**~... ...~**%¤¤¤
##@¤&%*»~. 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. .~»*%&@###
#@¤%%»»~~. .~~»»%%¤@#
#¤&%**»»~. .**»»~~.. ..~~»»**. .~»»**%&¤#
@¤%*»..... ..~~»»**. ..~~~~.. .**»»~~.. .....»*%¤@
.. ..