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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.                @¤$%;«^,,,
,,^«;%$¤@#                                          #@¤$%;«^,,
,^«;%$¤@##  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ##@¤$%;«^,
,,^«;%$¤@#      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      #@¤$%;«^,,
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