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##@¤%†:~-. something lies glowing .-~:†%¤@##
@%%:-..... on the ocean floor... .....-:%%@
¤¤%:-..... .. .. .....-:%¤¤
##@¤%†:~-. ..--~~::. .::~~--.. .-~:†%¤@##
¤¤††::-... .::~~--.. ..--~~::. ...-::††¤¤
##@¤%†:~-. ††%¤¤%†† .-~:†%¤@##
#¤%:~..... .....~:%¤#
##@¤%†:~-. 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, .-~:†%¤@##
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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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