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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. .,~:%§##@#
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#@##§%:~,. 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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