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.....-=¤¤& the feral dream ----@ ----@ --@ &¤¤=-.....
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.....--§¤@ = event: ingestion of three hundred = @¤§--.....
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.,-§¤&@@## a gentle transformation occurs. ##@@&¤§-,.
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.,-=§¤&@@# first, just an isolated prick in the #@@&¤§=-,.
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....,-==§& 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 @@@&¤§=-,.
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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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