.
. ,
, ,
$ . .
# . . ,
$ # $
, # #
# . .
, . , #
. $$$##$$$ $
# ..,,»»//. .//»»,,.. . ,
. .//»»,,.. ..,,»»//. #
..,,»»//. .//»»,,..
//»»,,.. ..,,»»//
#@##$$/»,. .. .. .,»/$$##@#
@##$$$/»,. something lies glowing .,»/$$$##@
##$$/»»,,. on the ocean floor... .,,»»/$$##
#@##$$/»,. .. .. .,»/$$##@#
####$$/»,. ..,,»»//. .//»»,,.. .,»/$$####
##@##$$/». .//»»,,.. ..,,»»//. .»/$$##@##
#@##$$/»,. $$$##$$$ .,»/$$##@#
##@##$$»,. .,»$$##@##
#@##$$/»,. on the ocean floor, a dangerous and .,»/$$##@#
#$/,,..... caustic and sweet sweet thing, it .....,,/$#
@@##$$/»,. glows, it lures you closer. a creature! .,»/$$##@@
#$/»...... ......»/$#
#@##$$/»,. it's almost otter-like, but like lava, .,»/$$##@#
#@##$$/»,. a liquid shaped like a living thing, .,»/$$##@#
#$/»,..... and when it raises an arm, its fingers .....,»/$#
####$$/»,. are dripping with fire. with its song, .,»/$$####
@@##$$/»,. it lures you closer yet. .,»/$$##@@
####$$/»,. .,»/$$####
##@##$$/,. it's in a state of bliss! it's a flame, .,/$$##@##
##@#$$/»,. lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to .,»/$$#@##
#@##$$/»,. be shared, shared with others. .,»/$$##@#
##@##$/»,. .,»/$##@##
@#$////»,. and the creatures of the sea creep .,»////$#@
##@#$$/»,. closer, hypnotized and curious, and the .,»/$$#@##
####$$/»,. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .,»/$$####
##@##$$/,. .,/$$##@##
###$$/»... writhing with joy, accepts them all. ...»/$$###
##$/»».... they step inside, taking the shape of a ....»»/$##
#$/,...... squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ......,/$#
#$/,,..... now almost humanoid. although suddenly .....,,/$#
#$$/,..... it all liquifies completely, now just a .....,/$$#
@@##$$/»,. burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but .,»/$$##@@
#@##$$/»,. by some internal fuel hostile to life. .,»/$$##@#
####$$/»,. .,»/$$####
####$$/»,. .//»»,,.. ..,,»»//. .,»/$$####
#@##$$/»,. ..,,»»//. ..,,,,.. .//»»,,.. .,»/$$##@#
.. ..