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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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