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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.                  &$%†~-,,,,
,,,,,-~†%$                                          $%†~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~†%    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    %†~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~†  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  †~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~†%        ASLEEP FOR THE LAST TIME.)        %†~-,,,,,,
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,,,,-~†%$&   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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