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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. .......~~;
~~........ ........~~
~......... 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.) ........~~
;~~....... .......~~;
%;~~...... next is a private moment, and we must ......~~;%
#%;~~..... look away for a bit. but whatever's .....~~;%#
@#%;~~.... happening doesn't sound unpleasant. ....~~;%#@
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#@@#%;~~.. maybe; but these are raptorous things, ..~~;%#@@#
##@@#%;~~. they are exultations. .~~;%#@@##
#@@#%;~~.. ..~~;%#@@#
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@#%;~~.... 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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