,,,,~†==&¶                                          ¶&==†~,,,,
,,~†=%&¶##                                          ##¶&%=†~,,
,,~†=%&¶##                                          ##¶&%=†~,,
,,~†=%&###                                          ###&%=†~,,
,,~†=%&&&#                                          #&&&%=†~,,
,,~†=%&¶## the feral dream          ~~~~¶ ~~~~¶ ~~¶ ##¶&%=†~,,
,,~†=%&¶##                                          ##¶&%=†~,,
,,~†=&¶### †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ###¶&=†~,,
,,~†=%%&&# † event: ingestion of three hundred    † #&&%%=†~,,
,,~†=%&&¶# † and sixty micrograms of selatenine   † #¶&&%=†~,,
,,,,,,~†=& †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† &=†~,,,,,,
,,~†=%&¶##                                          ##¶&%=†~,,
,,~††===%¶     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.    ¶&&=~~,,,,
,,†=%&¶###   short breath, moans, bones breaking,   ###¶&%=†,,
,,~†==%%&¶  maybe; but these are raptorous things,  ¶&%%==†~,,
,,,,~†=%%¶           they are exultations.          ¶%%=†~,,,,
,,~†=%%%%&                                          &%%%%=†~,,
,,,,~~~†%¶  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.       #&&&%=†~,,
,,~†=&¶###                                          ###¶&=†~,,
,,~†=%&¶##     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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