§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨¨§¨ 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.)        §¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
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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.          §¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          §§§§¨¨§¨§¨
§§¨§§§¨§§§  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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¨§§§§¨¨§§§                                          §¨§§§§§§§§
§§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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