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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. ,,,,,,,:=\
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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. ,,,,:=\*
&*\=:,,,,, ,,,,,:=\*&
*\=:,,,,,, 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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