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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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@&¤¤¤^:~,. .::~~,,.. ..,,~~::. .,~:^¤¤¤&@
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