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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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