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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. .....^:%@@
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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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