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###&@*†~^, 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. ,^~†*@##
&&@†~~~~^, ,^~~~~†@&&
#&@*†^^,,, 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, ,^~†*@##
###&@*†~^, ,^~†*@##
###&@*†~^, 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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