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###¤&^*-,. 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. .,-*^¤####
#¤¤&&^*-,. .,-*^&&¤¤#
###¤&^*-,. 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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