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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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