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§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ THE FERAL DREAM          ----@ ----@ --@ ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨ ^ EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    ^ ¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§ ^ AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   ^ ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§      A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.     ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨   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.           ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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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