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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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