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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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