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#@@¤%*;~.¨ something lies glowing ¨.~;*%¤@@#
¤¤**;~.¨¨¨ on the ocean floor... ¨¨¨.~;**¤¤
#@@¤%*;~.¨ ¨¨ ¨¨ ¨.~;*%¤@@#
@¤%%%*;~.¨ ¨¨..~~;;¨ ¨;;~~..¨¨ ¨.~;*%%%¤@
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¤*;~¨¨¨¨¨¨ on the ocean floor, a dangerous and ¨¨¨¨¨¨~;*¤
@@@¤%*;~.¨ 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. ¨.~;*%¤@@#
@@@¤%*;~.¨ ¨.~;*%¤@@@
@@@¤%*;~.¨ 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, ¨.~;***%¤¤
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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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