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..~^=£#@@# ^ and sixty micrograms of selatenine ^ #@@#£=^~..
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..~^=£#@@@ 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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