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,,.~:$*§@# THE FERAL DREAM          ~~~~@ ~~~~@ ~~@ #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##                                          ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@## : EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    : ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@# : AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   : #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#                                          #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##     A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.      ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#                                          #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##   FIRST, JUST AN ISOLATED PRICK IN THE   ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@# FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT  #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##   THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE   ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#                 BEFORE.                  #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##                                          ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#        ASLEEP FOR THE LAST TIME.)        #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##                                          ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#  NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST   #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##   LOOK AWAY FOR A BIT. BUT WHATEVER'S    ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#   HAPPENING DOESN'T SOUND UNPLEASANT.    #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##   SHORT BREATH, MOANS, BONES BREAKING,   ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#  MAYBE; BUT THESE ARE RAPTOROUS THINGS,  #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##           THEY ARE EXULTATIONS.          ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#                                          #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##  FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE ROOM IS DEVOID  ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#    OF LIFE. BUT THEN, THE EVENING SUN    #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#   POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING  #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##       FOURLEGGER OPENS THEIR EYES.       ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#                                          #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##    THERE IS A SECOND BLOOMING, AND A     ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#    THIRD, AND A FOURTH. STRUGGLING TO    #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##  RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH   ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#  OF THE NEW BODY, FALLING HEADFIRST INTO #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##                NEW URGES.                ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#                                          #@§*$:~.,,
,.~:$*§@##  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ##@§*$:~.,
,,.~:$*§@#      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      #@§*$:~.,,
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