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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.     #@#&&*=«~.
.~«*&&#@##                                          ##@#&&*«~.
.~«=&&#@##   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.)        @##&&*=«~.
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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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