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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.                ,,,,,,,«†*
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«,,,,,,,,,  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ,,,,,,,,,«
,,,,,,,,,,      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      ,,,,,,,,,,
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