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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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§$%††^....  FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE ROOM IS DEVOID  ....^††%$§
@§%~......    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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