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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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^\~,...... FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT ......,~\^
&^\~,..... THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE .....,~\^&
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##@&^\~,.. 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 ....,~\^&@
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##@&^\~,.. POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING ..,~\^&@##
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@&^\~,.... 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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