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.....:-^†£     A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.      £†^-:.....
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......:-^† 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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