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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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