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###&§*\~.. something lies glowing ..~\*§&###
#§*\\\.... on the ocean floor... ....\\\*§#
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###&§*\~.. ....~~\\. .\\~~.... ..~\*§&###
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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. ......~\§#
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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. ......~\§&
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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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