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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.                #.##.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#                                          #..#.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  #.##.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      #..#.#.#.#
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