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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! .,~:%@@@@@
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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. .,~:%@@@##
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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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