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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! ....:††%%#
##$$††:...                                          ...:††$$##
#$††~::... it's  almost otter-like, but like  lava, ...::~††$#
##%$$$†~:. a  liquid  shaped  like  a living thing, .:~†$$$%##
##%$$††~:. and when  it  raises an arm, its fingers .:~††$$%##
#$†::..... are  dripping with  fire. with its song, .....::†$#
##%%$††~:.         it lures you closer yet.         .:~††$%%##
#%††:.....                                          .....:††%#
###$$$†~:. it's in a state  of bliss! it's a flame, .:~†$$$###
#%$$†::... lit by  the sun! and this pleasure is to ...::†$$%#
#%$††~....      be shared, shared with others.      ....~††$%#
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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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