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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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