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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! ¨~~=†§&###
###&§†=~~¨                                          ¨~~=†§&###
&†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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