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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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