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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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