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###¤¤%\=.. something lies glowing ..=\%¤¤###
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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. ..=\%¤¤###
###¤¤%\=.. ..=\%¤¤###
###¤¤%\=.. 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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