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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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@@@&%^*»~. .**»»~~.. ..~~»»**. .~»*^%&@@@
@@@&%^*»~. ..~~»»**. ..~~~~.. .**»»~~.. .~»*^%&@@@
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