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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! .^=:†*§@##
##@§*†:=^. .^=:†*§@##
#@@§*†:=^. 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. .^=:†*§@##
#§*:===... ...===:*§#
###@*†:=^. 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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