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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. @£*=^~-...
..-~^=*£@# #@£*=^~-..
.-~^=*£@## Escaping Through The Glassless Window. ##@£*=^~-.
..-~^=*£@# Outside, The World Is Waiting. #@£*=^~-..
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