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.-~**%§@@@ The Feral Dream ~~~~@ ~~~~@ ~~@ @@@§%**~-.
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.....-**%§ **************************************** §%**-.....
.-~**%§@@# * Event: Ingestion Of Three Hundred * #@@§%**~-.
.-~**%%§§@ * And Sixty Micrograms Of Selatenine * @§§%%**~-.
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....---*%§ §%*---....
...-***%@@ 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.) ##@@§**~-.
.-~**%§@@# #@@§%**~-.
....-**%§@ 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. ##@@%**~-.
.-~**§@@## ##@@§**~-.
....~~*%%§ Escaping Through The Glassless Window. §%%*~~....
....--***§ Outside, The World Is Waiting. §***--....
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