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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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