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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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