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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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