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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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