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#@¶#¤%/-^¨ / event: ingestion of three hundred / ¨^-/%¤#¶@#
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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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