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#@#&$^;~-. On The Ocean Floor, A Dangerous And .-~;^$&#@#
#@#&$^;~-. Caustic And Sweet Sweet Thing, It .-~;^$&#@#
#@#&$^;~-. Glows, It Lures You Closer. A Creature! .-~;^$&#@#
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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. .....-~^^&
#@#&$^;~-. .-~;^$&#@#
##$$$^;~-. And The Creatures Of The Sea Creep .-~;^$$$##
@@#&$^;~-. Closer, Hypnotized And Curious, And The .-~;^$&#@@
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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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