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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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