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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   #@@&§†/-:.
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.:-/†§&@@@                  BEFORE.                 @@@&§†/-:.
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.:-/†§&@##    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    ##@&§†/-:.
...--/††&@  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  @&††/--...
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.:-/†§&&&@   NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST  @&&&§†/-:.
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.:-/†§&&@#   SHORT BREATH, MOANS, BONES BREAKING,   #@&&§†/-:.
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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   ##@&§†/-:.
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.:-/†§&@##                NEW URGES.                ##@&§†/-:.
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.:-/††§&@#  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  #@&§††/-:.
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