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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! ¨~=†*%%%¤¤
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@%†~~~¨¨¨¨ 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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