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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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