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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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