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,,,,,,,«=†                                          †=«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,«=†¤ THE FERAL DREAM          ««««¶ ««««¶ ««¶ ¤†=«,,,,,,
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,,,,«=†¤¶@ ======================================== @¶¤†=«,,,,
,,,«=†¤¶@# = EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    = #@¶¤†=«,,,
,,«=†¤¶@## = AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   = ##@¶¤†=«,,
,,,«=†¤¶@# ======================================== #@¶¤†=«,,,
,,,,«=†¤¶@                                          @¶¤†=«,,,,
,,,,,«=†¤¶     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.       #@¶¤†=«,,,
,,,,«=†¤¶@                                          @¶¤†=«,,,,
,,,,,«=†¤¶     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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