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###@¤^:»^. something lies glowing .^»:^¤@###
¤^:^...... on the ocean floor... ......^:^¤
###@¤¤^:^. .. .. .^:^¤¤@###
##@¤¤^:»^. ..^^»»::. .::»»^^.. .^»:^¤¤@##
##@¤¤^:»^. .::»»^^.. ..^^»»::. .^»:^¤¤@##
¤^:^...... ^^¤¤¤¤^^ ......^:^¤
###@¤^:»^. .^»:^¤@###
##@¤¤^:»^. 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, .....^:^¤@
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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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