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##@§$%/~:¨          something lies glowing          ¨:~/%$§@##
@@§%%%/~:¨           on the ocean floor...          ¨:~/%%%§@@
##@§$%/~:¨ ¨¨                                    ¨¨ ¨:~/%$§@##
##@§$%/~:¨ ¨¨::~~//¨                      ¨//~~::¨¨ ¨:~/%$§@##
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###@§$%/~:                                          :~/%$§@###
#§§$/~¨¨¨¨ on  the  ocean  floor,  a dangerous  and ¨¨¨¨~/$§§#
##@§$%/~:¨ caustic   and  sweet  sweet   thing,  it ¨:~/%$§@##
§§$$%%/~:¨ glows, it lures  you closer. a creature! ¨:~/%%$$§§
###@§%/~:¨                                          ¨:~/%§@###
##@§$%/~:¨ it's almost  otter-like,  but like lava, ¨:~/%$§@##
###§$%/~:¨ a  liquid shaped  like a  living  thing, ¨:~/%$§###
@@@§$%/~:¨ and  when it raises an arm,  its fingers ¨:~/%$§@@@
###§$%/~:¨ are dripping with fire.  with  its song, ¨:~/%$§###
##@§$%/~:¨         it lures you closer yet.         ¨:~/%$§@##
##@§$%/~:¨                                          ¨:~/%$§@##
###@$%/~:¨ it's in  a state of bliss! it's a flame, ¨:~/%$@###
#§$/~~:¨¨¨ lit  by the sun! and this pleasure is to ¨¨¨:~~/$§#
§§$%%/~~:¨      be shared, shared with others.      ¨:~~/%%$§§
##@§$%/~:¨                                          ¨:~/%$§@##
#§$%/~¨¨¨¨ and  the  creatures  of  the  sea  creep ¨¨¨¨~/%$§#
#@@§$%/~:¨ closer, hypnotized  and curious, and the ¨:~/%$§@@#
@$$//~¨¨¨¨ sludge extends a hand, and they take it, ¨¨¨¨~//$$@
#§%%%%/~:¨                                          ¨:~/%%%%§#
##@§$%/~:¨ writhing  with joy,  accepts  them  all. ¨:~/%$§@##
@§$//::¨¨¨ they step inside,  taking the shape of a ¨¨¨:://$§@
#@@§$%/~:¨ squirming  otter,  now a stretching cat, ¨:~/%$§@@#
@$//:¨¨¨¨¨  now almost humanoid. although suddenly  ¨¨¨¨¨://$@
##@§$%/~:¨ it all liquifies  completely, now just a ¨:~/%$§@##
##@§$%/~:¨ burning puddle,  lit not by the sun, but ¨:~/%$§@##
###§$%/~:¨ by some internal  fuel  hostile to life. ¨:~/%$§###
§%~:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~%§
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