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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    ,,,,,,~«/†
$†/«~,,,,,   RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH  ,,,,,~«/†$
#$†/«~,,,,  OF THE NEW BODY, FALLING HEADFIRST INTO ,,,,~«/†$#
@#$†/«~,,,                NEW URGES.                ,,,~«/†$#@
#@#$†/«~,,                                          ,,~«/†$#@#
##@#$†/«~,  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ,~«/†$#@##
#@#$†/«~,,      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      ,,~«/†$#@#
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