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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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