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###§$**=..          something lies glowing          ..=**$§###
#§§$$**=..          on the ocean floor...           ..=**$$§§#
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###§$**=.. ....==**.                      .**==.... ..=**$§###
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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, ....==**§#
####§$**=.         it lures you closer yet.         .=**$§####
##$*==....                                          ....==*$##
#§$*...... it's in a state of  bliss! it's a flame, ......*$§#
###§$**=.. lit by the sun! and  this pleasure is to ..=**$§###
#§§§$**=..      be shared, shared with others.      ..=**$§§§#
##$$***=..                                          ..=***$$##
####§$**=. and  the  creatures  of  the  sea  creep .=**$§####
####$**=.. closer, hypnotized and  curious, and the ..=**$####
###§$**=.. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, ..=**$§###
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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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