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###@&^^=^. .^=^^&@###
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###@&^^=^. 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.) .^=^^&@@@#
###@&^^=^. .^=^^&@###
###@&^^=^. 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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@&^=^..... .....^=^&@
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@&&^^^^^.. ..^^^^^&&@