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##@@*^/~^, 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! ,^~/^*@@##
@@@^~^,,,, ,,,,^~^@@@
###@@*/~^, 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, ,^~/^*@@##
#@^~^,,,,, ,,,,,^~^@#
@@*^/~~,,, 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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