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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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