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@†~....... something lies glowing .......~†@
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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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