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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. ¨¨¨~:::@@#
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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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