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####@%*~-¨ GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ¨-~*%@####
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###@¤%*~-¨ IT'S ALMOST OTTER-LIKE, BUT LIKE LAVA, ¨-~*%¤@###
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##@¤%~-¨¨¨ 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, ¨-~*%¤@###
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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. ¨¨¨¨--~%@#
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#@%%%*--¨¨ 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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