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##¤^~..... something lies glowing .....~^¤##
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##¤^~^^^^. on the ocean floor, a dangerous and .^^^^~^¤##
¶#¤¤^^^~^. 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. ....~~^^¤#
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#^~~^^^^.. 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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