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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! ..~=/*¤¤§@
§§¤¤*=.... ....=*¤¤§§
@@@§¤*/=~. 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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