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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   §%%*^^^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=*§#                  Before.                 #§*=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=*%§                                          §%*=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=^*%§###    Joy As A Television Static Spreads    ###§%*^=^¨
¨^=^*%§###  Slowly Up The Arms. (Old Limbs Falling  ###§%*^=^¨
¨¨¨^^^*§##        Asleep For The Last Time.)        ##§*^^^¨¨¨
¨^=^*%§###                                          ###§%*^=^¨
¨^=^*%§###   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.           ###§%*^=^¨
¨¨^^^=**%§                                          §%**=^^^¨¨
¨¨¨¨^^%%§#  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.                ###§%*^=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=*%§                                          §%*=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=^*%§###  Escaping Through The Glassless Window.  ###§%*^=^¨
¨^=^*%####      Outside, The World Is Waiting.      ####%*^=^¨
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