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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 @¶@*».....
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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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..»†*%@¶¶@ 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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