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¨¨¨¨--††&# the feral dream          ----# ----# --# #&††--¨¨¨¨
¨,-\†%&&&#                                          #&&&%†\-,¨
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¨¨¨,,,--†& \ 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.      #&%\\\,¨¨¨
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