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,,,,,,,#,, THE FERAL DREAM          ~~~~@ ~~~~@ ~~@ ,,,,###,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, ; EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    ; ,,#,,,#,##
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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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