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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. .-~=§@####
####@§=~-. .-~=§@####
#@@@@§=~-. 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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