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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   ##£#**†~..
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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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...~†**#£#    OF LIFE. BUT THEN, THE EVENING SUN    #£#**†~...
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...~†**#£#  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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