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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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