....-=\§§& &§§\=-....
.....-=\§§ §§\=-.....
....-=\§§& &§§\=-....
...-=\§§&¶ ¶&§§\=-...
..-=\§§&¶@ @¶&§§\=-..
.-=\§§&¶@# the feral dream ====¶ ====¶ ==¶ #@¶&§§\=-.
..-=\§§&¶@ @¶&§§\=-..
...-=\§§&¶ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ¶&§§\=-...
....-=\§§& \ event: ingestion of three hundred \ &§§\=-....
.....-=\§§ \ and sixty micrograms of selatenine \ §§\=-.....
....-=\§§& \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ &§§\=-....
...-=\§§&¶ ¶&§§\=-...
..-=\§§&¶@ a gentle transformation occurs. @¶&§§\=-..
.-=\§§&¶@# #@¶&§§\=-.
..-=\§§&¶@ 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. ¶&§§\=-...
..-=\§§&¶@ @¶&§§\=-..
.-=\§§&¶@# #@¶&§§\=-.
..-=\§§&¶@ @¶&§§\=-..
...-=\§§&¶ ¶&§§\=-...
....-=\§§& &§§\=-....