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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. ¨.~^^^@@@¤
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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, ¨.~^***¤¤¤
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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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