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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. ,,,--//¤@@
@¤%///~~,, ,,~~///%¤@
@%//--~~,, 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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