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@@@#$**~~¨ something lies glowing ¨~~**$#@@@
@$***~¨¨¨¨ on the ocean floor... ¨¨¨¨~***$@
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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! ¨¨¨~****#@
#$***~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~***$#
###$$**~~¨ it's almost otter-like, but like lava, ¨~~**$$###
##@#$**~~¨ a liquid shaped like a living thing, ¨~~**$#@##
#*~~~~~¨¨¨ 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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