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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 .~~===@¤@@
@@@¤@$=~~. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .~~=$@¤@@@
#@@¤@$=~~. .~~=$@¤@@#
##@@¤@=~~. 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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