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##£@%*/=~. on the ocean floor... .~=/*%@£##
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###£@*/=~. on the ocean floor, a dangerous and .~=/*@£###
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@%*=====~. 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. ....~/*@£#
££@@%*/=~. .~=/*%@@££
£@**==.... 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, ....~~/*@@
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##£@%*/=~. 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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