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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.                  ,,,,,,-†§£
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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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