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###¤$†/~,. ..                                    .. .,~/†$¤###
#¤††~~~,,.          something lies glowing          .,,~~~††¤#
###¤$†/~,.          on the ocean floor...           .,~/†$¤###
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####¤†/~,.                                          .,~/†¤####
#¤†~~,.... on the  ocean  floor,  a  dangerous  and ....,~~†¤#
#¤$$//~,,. caustic   and  sweet   sweet  thing,  it .,,~//$$¤#
#¤$/,..... glows, it  lures you closer. a creature! .....,/$¤#
##$/~,....                                          ....,~/$##
###¤$†/~,. it's  almost otter-like, but  like lava, .,~/†$¤###
###¤$†/~,. a  liquid  shaped like  a  living thing, .,~/†$¤###
###¤$†/~,. and  when it raises an  arm, its fingers .,~/†$¤###
¤¤†/~,.... 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, ...~~~†¤¤#
##$†/~,...  now almost humanoid. although suddenly  ...,~/†$##
#¤¤$††/~,. it all liquifies completely, now just  a .,~/††$¤¤#
###¤$†/~,. burning  puddle, lit not by the sun, but .,~/†$¤###
###¤$†/~,. by  some internal fuel  hostile to life. .,~/†$¤###
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