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#%^/==.¨¨¨ something lies glowing ¨¨¨.==/^%#
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#@@#%^/=.¨ on the ocean floor, a dangerous and ¨.=/^%#@@#
##@#%^/=.¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨./^#
##@#%^/=.¨ ¨.=/^%#@##
##@#%^/=.¨ 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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