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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, ¨¨~~^^^@#@
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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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