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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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