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###¤%$:-^¨           on the ocean floor...          ¨^-:$%¤###
###¤%$:-^¨ ¨¨                                    ¨¨ ¨^-:$%¤###
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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, ¨¨¨¨-:%%##
###¤%$:-^¨ and when  it raises an arm, its  fingers ¨^-:$%¤###
#¤$-^^¨¨¨¨ are  dripping with fire.  with its song, ¨¨¨¨^^-$¤#
¤%$-¨¨¨¨¨¨         it lures you closer yet.         ¨¨¨¨¨¨-$%¤
###¤%$:-^¨                                          ¨^-:$%¤###
###¤%$:-^¨ it's in  a state of bliss! it's a flame, ¨^-:$%¤###
###¤%$:-^¨ lit by the sun! and this pleasure is  to ¨^-:$%¤###
#%%%%$:-^¨      be shared, shared with others.      ¨^-:$%%%%#
###¤%$:-^¨                                          ¨^-:$%¤###
###¤%$:-^¨ and  the  creatures  of  the  sea  creep ¨^-:$%¤###
#¤¤%$$:-^¨ closer, hypnotized and  curious, and the ¨^-:$$%¤¤#
##%%:^^¨¨¨ 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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