&&.&&&&&.. ..........
.&&....&.& .........&
&.&...&&&& ........&&
&&&..&.... .......&..
..&.&&...& ......&&.&
.&&&.&..&. the feral dream ~~~~# ~~~~# ~~# .....&.&&&
&..&&&.&&& ....&&&..&
&.&..&&..& ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ...&..&.&.
&&&.&.&.&& ^ event: ingestion of three hundred ^ ..&&.&&&&&
..&&&&&&.& ^ and sixty micrograms of selatenine ^ .&.&&.....
.&.....&&. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ &&&.&.....
&&....&.&& ..&&&.....
.&...&&&.. 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.) ..&.&.&.&.
&....&.&&. .&&&&&&&&&
&...&&&.&& 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. &.&...&&&.
..&.&&&.&& &&&..&..&.
.&&&..&&.& ..&.&&.&&.
&..&.&.&&& .&&&.&&.&.
&.&&&&&..& &..&&.&&&&
&&....&.&. &.&.&&....