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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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