¨
¨ ~
~ ~
† ¨ ¨
# ¨ ¨ ~
† # †
~ # #
# ¨ ¨
~ ¨ ~ #
¨ ††@##@†† @
# ¨¨~~~~\\¨ ¨\\~~~~¨¨ ¨ ~
¨ ¨\\~~~~¨¨ ¨¨~~~~\\¨ #
¨¨~~~~\\¨ ¨\\~~~~¨¨
\\~~~~¨¨ ¨¨~~~~\\
#@##@†\~~¨ ¨¨ ¨¨ ¨~~\†@##@#
##@##@†\~¨ 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. ¨~\†@##@##
@@##@†\~~¨ ¨~~\†@##@@
@@##@†\~~¨ ¨\\~~~~¨¨ ¨¨~~~~\\¨ ¨~~\†@##@@
##††††\~~¨ ¨¨~~~~\\¨ ¨¨~~~~¨¨ ¨\\~~~~¨¨ ¨~~\††††##
¨¨ ¨¨