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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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