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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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