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####§§†~.. something lies glowing ..~†§§####
#§^†...... on the ocean floor... ......†^§#
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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. .....†§§§#
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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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