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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! .,~†%§@###
###@§%†~,.                                          .,~†%§@###
###@§%†~,. 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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