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¨¨¨¨¨¨=%$@ THE FERAL DREAM          ====@ ====@ ==@ @$%=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=*%$##@@                                          @@##$%*=:¨
¨:=*%$#@## **************************************** ##@#$%*=:¨
¨:=*%$#@## * EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    * ##@#$%*=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨::=%# * AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   * #%=::¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:==*$# **************************************** #$*==:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:*$@                                          @$*:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=*%$$##@      A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.     @##$$%*=:¨
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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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¨:=*%$@###  NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST   ###@$%*=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:*$@    LOOK AWAY FOR A BIT. BUT WHATEVER'S   @$*:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=*%$#@##    HAPPENING DOESN'T SOUND UNPLEASANT.   ##@#$%*=:¨
:=*%$#@###   SHORT BREATH, MOANS, BONES BREAKING,   ###@#$%*=:
¨:=*%$#@##  MAYBE; BUT THESE ARE RAPTOROUS THINGS,  ##@#$%*=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:*$#          THEY ARE EXULTATIONS.           #$*:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=*%$#@##                                          ##@#$%*=:¨
¨:=*%$#@##  FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE ROOM IS DEVOID  ##@#$%*=:¨
¨:=**%%$$#    OF LIFE. BUT THEN, THE EVENING SUN    #$$%%**=:¨
¨:=*%$#@##  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ##@#$%*=:¨
¨:=*%$#@##   POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING  ##@#$%*=:¨
¨¨¨¨=**$#@       FOURLEGGER OPENS THEIR EYES.       @#$**=¨¨¨¨
¨:=*%$#@##                                          ##@#$%*=:¨
¨¨¨:::*%$#    THERE IS A SECOND BLOOMING, AND A     #$%*:::¨¨¨
¨:=*%$#@##    THIRD, AND A FOURTH. STRUGGLING TO    ##@#$%*=:¨
¨:=*%$#@##   RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH  ##@#$%*=:¨
¨:=*%$#@## OF THE NEW BODY, FALLING HEADFIRST INTO  ##@#$%*=:¨
¨:=*%$@###                NEW URGES.                ###@$%*=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨==*$@                                          @$*==¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=*%$#@@@  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  @@@#$%*=:¨
¨:=*%$$$@#      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      #@$$$%*=:¨
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