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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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...^~=%$##   First, Just An Isolated Prick In The   ##$%=~^...
..^~=%$### Fingers, Which Could Be Nothing. Except  ###$%=~^..
.^~=%$####   There Is A Tension That Wasn'T There   ####$%=~^.
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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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