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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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