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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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