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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. ¨.-/†&####
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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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