¨¨:«†$@#¶@                                          @¶#@$†«:¨¨
¨:«†$@#¶@#                                          #@¶#@$†«:¨
¨¨:«†$@#¶@                                          @¶#@$†«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«†$@#¶                                          ¶#@$†«:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†$@#                                          #@$†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†$@ the feral dream          ««««¶ ««««¶ ««¶ @$†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†$                                          $†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«† †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:« † event: ingestion of three hundred    † «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: † and sixty micrograms of selatenine   † :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     a gentle transformation occurs.      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   first, just an isolated prick in the   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:  fingers, which could be nothing. except :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«   there is a tension that wasn't there   «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†                 before.                  †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†$                                          $†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†$@    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.      ¶#@$†«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«†$@#¶@                                          @¶#@$†«:¨¨
¨:«†$@#¶@#                                          #@¶#@$†«:¨
¨¨:«†$@#¶@                                          @¶#@$†«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«†$@#¶                                          ¶#@$†«:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†$@#                                          #@$†«:¨¨¨¨