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@&*%~..... the feral dream ~~~~@ ~~~~@ ~~@ .....~%*&@
&*%~...... ......~%*&
*%~....... \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ .......~%*
%~........ \ 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. .....~%*&@
&*%~...... ......~%*&
*%~....... 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. ....~%*&@#
@&*%~..... .....~%*&@
&*%~...... 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. ....~%*&@#
@&*%~..... .....~%*&@
&*%~...... escaping through the glassless window. ......~%*&
*%~....... outside, the world is waiting. .......~%*
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