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#@@&%†;=-¨ 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! ¨-=;†%&@@#
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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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