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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.                £§*^†«^,,,
,,^«†^*§£#                                          #£§*^†«^,,
,^«†^*§£##  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ##£§*^†«^,
,,^«†^*§£#      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      #£§*^†«^,,
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