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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. .^-^†@@@@@
@†^-^^.... ....^^-^†@
@@@@^-.... 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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