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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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