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#@¶§%=/~^. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .^~/=%§¶@#
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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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