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#@¶£*%/~:.          on the ocean floor...           .:~/%*£¶@#
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£%%~~~.... glows, it  lures you closer. a creature! ....~~~%%£
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@@¶£*%/~:. 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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