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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, .....~§§¤#
##@¤%§†~,. .,~†§%¤@##
@@@¤%§†~,. 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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