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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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