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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.                ##%/«^,,,,
,,,,,^«/%#                                          #%/«^,,,,,
,,,,,,^«/%  escaping through the glassless window.  %/«^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«/      outside, the world is waiting.      /«^,,,,,,,
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