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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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