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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! ¨-~\*¤@###
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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. ¨-~\*¤@###
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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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