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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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$†~^......  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ......^~†$
†~^.......  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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