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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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