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###§$*/-.¨ something lies glowing ¨.-/*$§###
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§*//.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ ¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.//*§
###§$*/-.¨ ¨¨..--//¨ ¨//--..¨¨ ¨.-/*$§###
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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, ¨¨¨¨¨-**§#
##§$$*/-.¨ it lures you closer yet. ¨.-/*$$§##
###§$*/-.¨ ¨.-/*$§###
###§$*/-.¨ it's in a state of bliss! it's a flame, ¨.-/*$§###
#$$*//.¨¨¨ lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ¨¨¨.//*$$#
#§$*///-.¨ be shared, shared with others. ¨.-///*$§#
#§$$**/-.¨ ¨.-/**$$§#
§$$/.¨¨¨¨¨ and the creatures of the sea creep ¨¨¨¨¨./$$§
####§*/-.¨ 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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