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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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