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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.) .@@.@@..@.
..@..@.@.@ @.@@.@.@@.
.@@.@@@@@@ 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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