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.......... = event: ingestion of three hundred = ..........
.......... = and sixty micrograms of selatenine = ..........
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»:........ ........:»
=»:....... 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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