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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. #&$%†~-,,,
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,,-~†%$# 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. %†~-,,,,,,
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