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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. ..~††%&&&#
###&%††~.. ..~††%&###
##&&%††~.. 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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