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@@@&$^^~:. something lies glowing .:~^^$&@@@
@$^~:..... on the ocean floor... .....:~^$@
@@@&$^^~:. .. .. .:~^^$&@@@
@@$^::.... ..::~~^^. .^^~~::.. ....::^$@@
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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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@&$^~..... it's in a state of bliss! it's a flame, .....~^$&@
@$^::..... lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to .....::^$@
#@@&$^^~:. be shared, shared with others. .:~^^$&@@#
#@@&$^^~:. .:~^^$&@@#
@@&^~..... 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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