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@%\~^¨¨¨¨¨ The Feral Dream ~~~~# ~~~~# ~~# ¨¨¨¨¨^~\%@
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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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