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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, ......~†#@
#$***^^... it lures you closer yet. ...^^***$#
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#@@#$†*~^. it's in a state of bliss! it's a flame, .^~*†$#@@#
##@@$†*~^. lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to .^~*†$@@##
#†*****~^. be shared, shared with others. .^~*****†#
#$$*^..... .....^*$$#
#@@#$†*~^. and the creatures of the sea creep .^~*†$#@@#
@##$$†*~^. closer, hypnotized and curious, and the .^~*†$$##@
#@@#$†*~^. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .^~*†$#@@#
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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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