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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.         ¨.~~††%%%@
@¤%%~~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~~%%¤@
¤%%~~~.¨¨¨ 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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