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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.      @@§=†--...
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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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