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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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