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#@&&**\~-, something lies glowing ,-~\**&&@#
@*\~,,,,,, on the ocean floor... ,,,,,,~\*@
##@&**\~-, ,, ,, ,-~\**&@##
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##@&**\~-, caustic and sweet sweet thing, it ,-~\**&@##
@&****\~-, glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ,-~\****&@
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&&*~~~-,,, 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. ,----\**&#
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##@&**\~-, 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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