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##@&***~.¨ on the ocean floor... ¨.~***&@##
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&&***~¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨.~***@###
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#&&&***~.¨ 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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