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@@**~~¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨~=@@@
#@@@*=*~-¨ ¨-~*=*@@@#
@@*=*--¨¨¨ 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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