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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.)        ~,,,,,,,,,
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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.          ###&&%†~,,
,,,~†%&&##                                          ##&&%†~,,,
,,,,~†%&&#  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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