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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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