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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. .....~~††¤
###¤@†\~:. .:~\†@¤###
¤†\\\\:... 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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