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@@¤***†~,¨ the feral dream ~~~~@ ~~~~@ ~~@ ¨,~†***¤@@
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@&*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*&@
&&&¤¤*†~,¨ † event: ingestion of three hundred † ¨,~†*¤¤&&&
@¤¤††††~,¨ † and sixty micrograms of selatenine † ¨,~††††¤¤@
&*~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~*&
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@@@&¤*†~,¨ a gentle transformation occurs. ¨,~†*¤&@@@
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@@@&¤*†~,¨ first, just an isolated prick in the ¨,~†*¤&@@@
@@&&¤*†~,¨ fingers, which could be nothing. except ¨,~†*¤&&@@
@@¤††,¨¨¨¨ there is a tension that wasn't there ¨¨¨¨,††¤@@
&**†,,,¨¨¨ before. ¨¨¨,,,†**&
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##@@¤*†~,¨ joy as a television static spreads ¨,~†*¤@@##
##@@¤*†~,¨ slowly up the arms. (old limbs falling ¨,~†*¤@@##
@@&&¤*†~,¨ asleep for the last time.) ¨,~†*¤&&@@
@¤†,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,†¤@
&&¤¤†~,¨¨¨ next is a private moment, and we must ¨¨¨,~†¤¤&&
@@@&¤*†~,¨ look away for a bit. but whatever's ¨,~†*¤&@@@
@¤*~,,¨¨¨¨ happening doesn't sound unpleasant. ¨¨¨¨,,~*¤@
#@@&¤*†~,¨ short breath, moans, bones breaking, ¨,~†*¤&@@#
@¤†,¨¨¨¨¨¨ maybe; but these are raptorous things, ¨¨¨¨¨¨,†¤@
##@&¤*†~,¨ they are exultations. ¨,~†*¤&@##
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@&¤†,¨¨¨¨¨ for a split second, the room is devoid ¨¨¨¨¨,†¤&@
##@&¤*†~,¨ of life. but then, the evening sun ¨,~†*¤&@##
#@@&¤*†~,¨ finds something new on the floor. in a ¨,~†*¤&@@#
@@@&¤*†~,¨ pool of primordial water, a shivering ¨,~†*¤&@@@
@&&¤†~¨¨¨¨ fourlegger opens their eyes. ¨¨¨¨~†¤&&@
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&**†,¨¨¨¨¨ there is a second blooming, and a ¨¨¨¨¨,†**&
#@@&¤*†~,¨ third, and a fourth. struggling to ¨,~†*¤&@@#
##@&¤*†~,¨ rise, finding the unexpected strength ¨,~†*¤&@##
#@@&¤*†~,¨ of the new body, falling headfirst into ¨,~†*¤&@@#
#@@&¤*†~,¨ new urges. ¨,~†*¤&@@#
@¤†,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,†¤@
@&*††,,¨¨¨ escaping through the glassless window. ¨¨¨,,††*&@
#@@&¤*†~,¨ outside, the world is waiting. ¨,~†*¤&@@#
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