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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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