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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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