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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.                ####@%*~:.
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...:~**%##  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ##%**~:...
....:~=*%@      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      @%*=~:....
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