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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. ..~\**¤###
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###¤**\~.. 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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