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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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