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###@§$†=:.          something lies glowing          .:=†$§@###
#@§$=.....           on the ocean floor...          .....=$§@#
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###@§$†=:. on  the ocean  floor,  a  dangerous  and .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. caustic  and   sweet   sweet  thing,  it .:=†$§@###
#@@§§$†=:. glows, it lures you closer.  a creature! .:=†$§§@@#
###@§$†=:.                                          .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. it's  almost otter-like, but  like lava, .:=†$§@###
#@$=:..... a  liquid shaped like  a  living  thing, .....:=$@#
###@§$†=:. and  when  it raises an arm, its fingers .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. are dripping with  fire. with  its song, .:=†$§@###
#@@$==....         it lures you closer yet.         ....==$@@#
###@§$†=:.                                          .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. it's in a state of bliss! it's a  flame, .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. lit by the sun! and  this pleasure is to .:=†$§@###
@@$††:....      be shared, shared with others.      ....:††$@@
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@§†††††=:. and  the  creatures  of  the  sea  creep .:=†††††§@
###@§$†=:. closer, hypnotized and  curious, and the .:=†$§@###
#@@$†††=:. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .:=†††$@@#
###@§$†=:.                                          .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. writhing  with joy,  accepts  them  all. .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. they  step inside, taking the shape of a .:=†$§@###
#@@$==.... squirming otter, now  a  stretching cat, ....==$@@#
###@§$†=:.  now almost humanoid. although suddenly  .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. it all liquifies completely,  now just a .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. burning puddle,  lit not by the sun, but .:=†$§@###
###@§$†=:. by  some internal fuel hostile  to life. .:=†$§@###
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