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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.)        ,,,.«*†*&#
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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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