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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   #@£§%*:«..
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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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.......«:*    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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