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¨¨¨¨¨,«^§¤ the feral dream          ««««@ ««««@ ««@ ¤§^«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«^§¤¤                                          ¤¤§^«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«^§¤¤@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @¤¤§^«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«^§¤¤@# ^ event: ingestion of three hundred    ^ #@¤¤§^«,¨¨
¨,«^§¤¤@## ^ and sixty micrograms of selatenine   ^ ##@¤¤§^«,¨
¨¨,«^§¤¤@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@¤¤§^«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«^§¤¤@                                          @¤¤§^«,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«^§¤¤      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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