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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, ,,,,,~~*%#
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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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