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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. ...@.@@...
..@....@@@ .....@@@..
...@...@.@ 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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