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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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