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@@@§$%;«^¨ THE FERAL DREAM          ««««@ ««««@ ««@ ¨^«;%$§@@@
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@§$;«¨¨¨¨¨ ; EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    ; ¨¨¨¨¨«;$§@
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@@§$;«¨¨¨¨ FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT  ¨¨¨¨«;$§@@
##@§$%;«^¨   THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE   ¨^«;%$§@##
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§§%%%;;«^¨  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  ¨^«;;%%%§§
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#@§§$%;«^¨  MAYBE; BUT THESE ARE RAPTOROUS THINGS,  ¨^«;%$§§@#
@@@§$%;«^¨          THEY ARE EXULTATIONS.           ¨^«;%$§@@@
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#@§%;«^^¨¨    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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##@§$%;«^¨     THERE IS A SECOND BLOOMING, AND A    ¨^«;%$§@##
##@§$%;«^¨    THIRD, AND A FOURTH. STRUGGLING TO    ¨^«;%$§@##
##@§$%;«^¨  RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH   ¨^«;%$§@##
##@§$%;«^¨ OF THE NEW BODY, FALLING HEADFIRST INTO  ¨^«;%$§@##
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@@$%%;^¨¨¨  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ¨¨¨^;%%$@@
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