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