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§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ 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.      ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§