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#@#&$**~.¨ something lies glowing ¨.~**$&#@#
##@#&$*~.¨ on the ocean floor... ¨.~*$&#@##
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@&***.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨..~~**¨ ¨**~~..¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.***&@
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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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