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@@@^†=.... something lies glowing ....=†^@@@
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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, .....:†^^@
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###@@^†=:. 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. ....==^^@#
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#@^†=..... it all liquifies completely, now just a .....=†^@#
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####@^†=:. by some internal fuel hostile to life. .:=†^@####
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