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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.                  ¨,«;†@¤@##
¤††«,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,«††¤
¤†;;«¨¨¨¨¨    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.           ¨¨¨¨¨«;†¤¤
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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.       ¨¨¨¨,««;@@
@¤†;,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,;†¤@
#@@¤@†;«,¨    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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