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@$\=...... something lies glowing ......=\$@
@§§\\=~... on the ocean floor... ...~=\\§§@
##¶@$§\=~. .. .. .~=\§$@¶##
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#@¶@$§\=~. .~=\§$@¶@#
¶@§=...... on the ocean floor, a dangerous and ......=§@¶
¶$$$\=.... caustic and sweet sweet thing, it ....=\$$$¶
@@$$$§\=~. glows, it lures you closer. a creature! .~=\§$$$@@
@¶@§§\=... ...=\§§@¶@
#@¶@$§\=~. it's almost otter-like, but like lava, .~=\§$@¶@#
¶¶¶@$§\=~. a liquid shaped like a living thing, .~=\§$@¶¶¶
#@¶@$§\=~. and when it raises an arm, its fingers .~=\§$@¶@#
¶@$§\~~... are dripping with fire. with its song, ...~~\§$@¶
@@$$§§\=~. it lures you closer yet. .~=\§§$$@@
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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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