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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! ¨~-;†@##
#&&@;;~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~;;@&
###&@†;-~¨ 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. ¨~-;†@##
###&@†;-~¨ ¨~-;†@##
#&@†;;-¨¨¨ 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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