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@@%%%*~~~¨ 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! ¨¨¨~~*%@@@
##&%*~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~*%&##
##@%*~~¨¨¨ 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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