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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! ¨:~;**@###
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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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