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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, ¨¨¨¨~~:*&#
###&$*:~~¨ lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ¨~~:*$&###
###&$*:~~¨ be shared, shared with others. ¨~~:*$&###
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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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