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#@#&%%/-.. something lies glowing ..-/%%&#@#
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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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