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##@@§§†/.. something lies glowing ../†§§@@##
##@§§†/~.. on the ocean floor... ..~/†§§@##
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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. ..~~~~†§§§
#@@§§†/~.. ..~/†§§@@#
##@@§§/~.. 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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