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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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###¤$^\=.. it's in a state of bliss! it's a flame, ..=\^$¤###
##$^\\==.. lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ..==\\^$##
##$^^^\=.. be shared, shared with others. ..=\^^^$##
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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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