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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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