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###@$%*-^. something lies glowing .^-*%$@###
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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 .....--*%@
###@$%*-^. closer, hypnotized and curious, and the .^-*%$@###
###@$%*-^. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .^-*%$@###
###@$%*-^. .^-*%$@###
###@$%*-^. writhing with joy, accepts them all. .^-*%$@###
###@$%*-^. they step inside, taking the shape of a .^-*%$@###
#@$%-^.... squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ....^-%$@#
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####@$%-^. it all liquifies completely, now just a .^-%$@####
##@%-..... burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but .....-%@##
##$%-..... by some internal fuel hostile to life. .....-%$##
###@$%*-^. .^-*%$@###
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