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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! ¨~~;†@#@##
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####@†;~~¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨~~;;†#
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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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