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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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