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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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