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##@#%*\=^. .. .. .^=\*%#@##
##@#%*\=^. 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. ......^=*#
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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, ..^^====*#
#@@#%*\=^. .^=\*%#@@#
##@#%*\=^. 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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