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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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