,
, .
. .
% , ,
# , , .
% # %
. @ #
# , ,
. , . #
, %%£@@£%% £
# ,,..~~==, ,==~~..,, , .
, ,==~~..,, ,,..~~==, #
,,..~~==, ,==~~..,,
==~~..,, ,,..~~==
@£%=~,,,,, ,, ,, ,,,,,~=%£@
@@@%%~~~., 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. ,.~=%£@@@@
##@@£%=~., ,.~=%£@@##
###@£%=~., ,==~~..,, ,,..~~==, ,.~=%£@###
###@£%=~., ,,..~~==, ,,....,, ,==~~..,, ,.~=%£@###
,, ,,