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##@@$*\~:¨ on the ocean floor, a dangerous and ¨:~\*$@@##
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#@@***\~:¨ 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, ¨:~\*$@@@@
@$$\::¨¨¨¨ it lures you closer yet. ¨¨¨¨::\$$@
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@$***\:¨¨¨ it's in a state of bliss! it's a flame, ¨¨¨:\***$@
#@@$\:¨¨¨¨ lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ¨¨¨¨:\$@@#
@$\:¨¨¨¨¨¨ be shared, shared with others. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:\$@
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@@$$\::¨¨¨ and the creatures of the sea creep ¨¨¨::\$$@@
##@@$*\~:¨ closer, hypnotized and curious, and the ¨:~\*$@@##
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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 ¨¨¨:~\*@@@
#@@@$*\~:¨ burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but ¨:~\*$@@@#
@*\~:::¨¨¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨¨¨:::~\*@
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