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##@#$^†~^. ..                                    .. .^~†^$#@##
##@#$^†~^.          something lies glowing          .^~†^$#@##
#^~^......           on the ocean floor...          ......^~^#
####$^†~^. ..                                    .. .^~†^$####
##@#$^†~^. ..^^~~††.                      .††~~^^.. .^~†^$#@##
##@#$^†~^.        .††~~^^..        ..^^~~††.        .^~†^$#@##
##@#$^†~^.                 ^^$##$^^                 .^~†^$#@##
@##^^†^...                                          ...^†^^##@
@#$$$^†~^. on the  ocean  floor,  a  dangerous  and .^~†^$$$#@
##@#$^†~^. caustic  and   sweet  sweet  thing,   it .^~†^$#@##
###@#$†~^. glows, it lures  you closer. a creature! .^~†$#@###
##@#$^†~^.                                          .^~†^$#@##
###@#^†~^. it's  almost  otter-like, but like lava, .^~†^#@###
##^~~^.... a liquid shaped  like  a  living  thing, ....^~~^##
##@#$^†~^. and when it raises  an arm, its  fingers .^~†^$#@##
#@$$^^†~^. are dripping  with  fire. with its song, .^~†^^$$@#
##@#$^†~^.         it lures you closer yet.         .^~†^$#@##
#@$$^~~^^.                                          .^^~~^$$@#
##@#$^†~^. it's in a state of  bliss! it's a flame, .^~†^$#@##
@@@#$^†~^. lit  by the sun! and this pleasure is to .^~†^$#@@@
####$^†~^.      be shared, shared with others.      .^~†^$####
@#$†^.....                                          .....^†$#@
##@#$^†~^. and  the  creatures  of  the  sea  creep .^~†^$#@##
##$^^^†~^. closer,  hypnotized and curious, and the .^~†^^^$##
##@#$^†~^. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .^~†^$#@##
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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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##$^~~^...        .††~~^^..        ..^^~~††.        ...^~~^$##
##@#$^†~^. ..^^~~††.       ..^^^^..       .††~~^^.. .^~†^$#@##
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