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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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