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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.     %§=-^,,,,,
,,,,^-=§%#                                          #%§=-^,,,,
,,,^-=§%##   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.)        §=-^,,,,,,
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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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