.^~;%*§#@# #@#§*%;~^.
.^~~;;*§§# #§§*;;~~^.
....~%%*§§ §§*%%~....
......^~%§ §%~^......
.^~;%*§#@# #@#§*%;~^.
...^;;*§§# the feral dream ~~~~# ~~~~# ~~# #§§*;;^...
.^~;%*#@## ##@#*%;~^.
.^~;%%%*§@ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; @§*%%%;~^.
.^~;%*§#@@ ; event: ingestion of three hundred ; @@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%%*§§# ; and sixty micrograms of selatenine ; #§§*%%;~^.
.^~;%***§# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #§***%;~^.
...^~%%*#@ @#*%%~^...
.^~;%*§#@@ a gentle transformation occurs. @@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%*§#@# #@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%*§#@# first, just an isolated prick in the #@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%*§#@@ fingers, which could be nothing. except @@#§*%;~^.
......^;%§ there is a tension that wasn't there §%;^......
.^~;;%**## before. ##**%;;~^.
..^^~;%%*# #*%%;~^^..
.^~;%%%%%§ joy as a television static spreads §%%%%%;~^.
.^~;%*§#@# slowly up the arms. (old limbs falling #@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%*§#@@ asleep for the last time.) @@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%*§#@# #@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%*§### 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. §%;^^.....
.......~%§ §%~.......
.^~;%*§##@ 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. #@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%*§#@# #@#§*%;~^.
.^~;%§#@## 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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