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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. #¶#¤*^=...
....=^*¤#¶ ¶#¤*^=....
.....=^*¤# 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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