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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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