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##@#&$:«:. on the  ocean  floor,  a  dangerous  and .:«:$&#@##
##@#&$:«:. caustic   and  sweet   sweet  thing,  it .:«:$&#@##
##@#&$:«:. glows, it lures you closer. a  creature! .:«:$&#@##
##@#&$:«:.                                          .:«:$&#@##
@@@#&$:«:. it's  almost otter-like,  but like lava, .:«:$&#@@@
##@#&$:«:. a  liquid  shaped  like a living  thing, .:«:$&#@##
##@#&$:«:. and  when  it raises an arm, its fingers .:«:$&#@##
###@&$:«:. are dripping  with fire. with its  song, .:«:$&@###
##&&&$:«:.         it lures you closer yet.         .:«:$&&&##
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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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#$:::..... closer, hypnotized and curious,  and the .....:::$#
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##@#&$:«:. writhing  with  joy,  accepts them  all. .:«:$&#@##
##@#&$:«:. they step  inside, taking the shape of a .:«:$&#@##
@&$«...... squirming  otter,  now a stretching cat, ......«$&@
##@#&$:«:.  now almost humanoid. although suddenly  .:«:$&#@##
##@#&$:«:. it all liquifies completely, now  just a .:«:$&#@##
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##@#&$:«:. by  some  internal fuel hostile to life. .:«:$&#@##
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