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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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