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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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