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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 @@*;,,....
.,~~~~$§§@ Before. @§§$~~~~,.
.,~;$*§@@# #@@§*$;~,.
.,~;$****§ Joy As A Television Static Spreads §****$;~,.
.,~;$*§@@# Slowly Up The Arms. (Old Limbs Falling #@@§*$;~,.
.,~;$*§@@# Asleep For The Last Time.) #@@§*$;~,.
.,~;$*§@@# #@@§*$;~,.
.,~;$$$*§@ Next Is A Private Moment, And We Must @§*$$$;~,.
.,~;$*§§@@ Look Away For A Bit. But Whatever'S @@§§*$;~,.
.,~;$$$§@@ Happening Doesn'T Sound Unpleasant. @@§$$$;~,.
.,~;$*§@@# Short Breath, Moans, Bones Breaking, #@@§*$;~,.
.,~;$*§@@@ Maybe; But These Are Raptorous Things, @@@§*$;~,.
....,~~$$§ They Are Exultations. §$$~~,....
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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 @§*;;,....
...,;;;$§§ Fourlegger Opens Their Eyes. §§$;;;,...
.,~;$$$**§ §**$$$;~,.
...~;;*§§@ 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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