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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. .:~\=@§@##
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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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