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¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          §§§§§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§§¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§§§§§
§§§¨§¨§§§¨ 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.      §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§§¨§