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#@#&$=†«:¨                                          ¨:«†=$&#@#
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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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##@&$=†«:¨                                          ¨:«†=$&@##
#@#&$=†«:¨      A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.     ¨:«†=$&#@#
##@#$=†«:¨                                          ¨:«†=$#@##
@&====†«:¨   FIRST, JUST AN ISOLATED PRICK IN THE   ¨:«†====&@
&$=«¨¨¨¨¨¨ FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT  ¨¨¨¨¨¨«=$&
###&$=†«:¨   THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE   ¨:«†=$&###
@##&$=†«:¨                 BEFORE.                  ¨:«†=$&##@
#@#&$=†«:¨                                          ¨:«†=$&#@#
#@#&$=†«:¨    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    ¨:«†=$&#@#
#@#&$=†«:¨  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  ¨:«†=$&#@#
##@#$=†«:¨        ASLEEP FOR THE LAST TIME.)        ¨:«†=$#@##
@&$=††::¨¨                                          ¨¨::††=$&@
#@#&$=†«:¨   NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST  ¨:«†=$&#@#
#@#&$=†«:¨    LOOK AWAY FOR A BIT. BUT WHATEVER'S   ¨:«†=$&#@#
&$===†:¨¨¨    HAPPENING DOESN'T SOUND UNPLEASANT.   ¨¨¨:†===$&
@##&$=†«:¨   SHORT BREATH, MOANS, BONES BREAKING,   ¨:«†=$&##@
#$=†:¨¨¨¨¨  MAYBE; BUT THESE ARE RAPTOROUS THINGS,  ¨¨¨¨¨:†=$#
#&$$=«:¨¨¨          THEY ARE EXULTATIONS.           ¨¨¨:«=$$&#
#@#&$=†«:¨                                          ¨:«†=$&#@#
##@#$=†«:¨  FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE ROOM IS DEVOID  ¨:«†=$#@##
#@#&$=†«:¨    OF LIFE. BUT THEN, THE EVENING SUN    ¨:«†=$&#@#
#&&$†:::¨¨  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ¨¨:::†$&&#
&$=†«:¨¨¨¨  POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING   ¨¨¨¨:«†=$&
#&===««:¨¨       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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#@#&$=†«:¨                                          ¨:«†=$&#@#