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#££@**†-^.           on the ocean floor...          .^-†**@££#
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##£@**†-^. 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.      ....-****@
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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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