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@##&$*^»~. .. .. .~»^*$&##@
#$*»...... something lies glowing ......»*$#
##@#&$^»~. on the ocean floor... .~»^$&#@##
#$***^~~~. .. .. .~~~^***$#
@@#&$*^»~. ..~~»»^^. .^^»»~~.. .~»^*$&#@@
#$$*»..... .^^»»~~.. ..~~»»^^. .....»*$$#
&&&*»..... **$&&$** .....»*&&&
&&****^»~. .~»^****&&
###&$*^»~. on the ocean floor, a dangerous and .~»^*$&###
#@#&$*^»~. caustic and sweet sweet thing, it .~»^*$&#@#
#@#&$*^»~. glows, it lures you closer. a creature! .~»^*$&#@#
##&*»»»... ...»»»*&##
##&**^^»~. 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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