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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 =:........
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.....:=*%& Joy As A Television Static Spreads &%*=:.....
....:=*%&& Slowly Up The Arms. (Old Limbs Falling &&%*=:....
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.:=*%&@# 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. &&%*=:....
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..:=*%&@ Escaping Through The Glassless Window. @#&&%*=:..
.:=*%&@# Outside, The World Is Waiting. #@#&&%*=:.
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