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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, ¨:~\^%@@##
@%^^\~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~\^^%@
###@%^\~:¨ 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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