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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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