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%==^,,,,,, the feral dream          ====# ====# ==# ,,,,,,^==%
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§%%==^,,,, ======================================== ,,,,^==%%§
#§%%==^,,, = event: ingestion of three hundred    = ,,,^==%%§#
@#§%%==^,, = and sixty micrograms of selatenine   = ,,^==%%§#@
#@#§%%==^, ======================================== ,^==%%§#@#
@#§%%==^,,                                          ,,^==%%§#@
#§%%==^,,,      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.)        ,,^==%%§#@
#§%%==^,,,                                          ,,,^==%%§#
§%%==^,,,,   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.       ,,,,,^==%%
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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.                ,^==%%§#@#
@#§%%==^,,                                          ,,^==%%§#@
#§%%==^,,,  escaping through the glassless window.  ,,,^==%%§#
§%%==^,,,,      outside, the world is waiting.      ,,,,^==%%§
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