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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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