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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.                 $%~:,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:~    joy as a television static spreads    ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~%  slowly up the arms. (old limbs falling  %~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~%$        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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