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,^~:$%@###                                          ###@%$:~^,
,,^~:$%@##                                          ##@%$:~^,,
,,,^~:$%@#                                          #@%$:~^,,,
,,,,^~:$%@ THE FERAL DREAM          ~~~~# ~~~~# ~~# @%$:~^,,,,
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,,,,,,^~:$ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: $:~^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~: : EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    : :~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~ : AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   : ~^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,      A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.     ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,   FIRST, JUST AN ISOLATED PRICK IN THE   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT  ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,   THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                 BEFORE.                  ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,^~    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    ~^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~:  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  :~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^~:$        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.       ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,    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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