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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.           ##%*~,,,,,
,,~**%£###                                          ###£%**~,,
,,~**£####  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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