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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.) ##%%%*;-..
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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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