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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, .~=:^*@£££
##£@*^:=~. .~=:^*@£##
@@@*^^:=~. 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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