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##§=...... 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. .....=††&#
####&§†=^. .^=†§&####
##§==..... 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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