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&†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ something lies glowing ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†&
###&§†=~~¨ on the ocean floor... ¨~~=†§##
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###&§†=~~¨ 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. ¨¨¨~==§§##
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&&§§††=~~¨ 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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