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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 ...~~†§§@¶
#@¶@§$†«~. glows,  it lures you closer. a creature! .~«†$§@¶@#
¶§$†««~...                                          ...~««†$§¶
@¶¶@§$†«~. it's  almost otter-like,  but like lava, .~«†$§@¶¶@
¶@@@§$†«~. a liquid  shaped  like a  living  thing, .~«†$§@@@¶
¶§§$$«~... and when  it raises an arm, its  fingers ...~«$$§§¶
#@¶@§$†«~. are dripping with fire.  with  its song, .~«†$§@¶@#
¶¶§††~~~~.         it lures you closer yet.         .~~~~††§¶¶
¶¶¶@§$†«~.                                          .~«†$§@¶¶¶
¶@@§§$†«~. it's in a state of bliss! it's  a flame, .~«†$§§@@¶
##@¶@§$†«~ lit  by the sun! and this pleasure is to ~«†$§@¶@##
¶§$†~~....      be shared, shared with others.      ....~~†$§¶
#@¶@§$†«~.                                          .~«†$§@¶@#
#@¶@§$†«~. and  the  creatures  of  the  sea  creep .~«†$§@¶@#
#@¶@§$†«~. closer, hypnotized and  curious, and the .~«†$§@¶@#
@@¶@§$†«~. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .~«†$§@¶@@
##@¶§$†«~.                                          .~«†$§¶@##
##@¶@§$†«. writhing  with  joy,  accepts them  all. .«†$§@¶@##
¶@§§†~.... 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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