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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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