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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.)        @££%%$\=,,
,,=\$%£@@#                                          #@@£%$\=,,
,,=\$%£££@   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.       ##@£%$\=,,
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,,,,,=$%@#     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  ##@£%$\=,,
,,=\$%£@##                new urges.                ##@£%$\=,,
,,=\\$%££#                                          #££%$\\=,,
,,,,,,,\%@  escaping through the glassless window.  @%\,,,,,,,
,,,,=\\$$£      outside, the world is waiting.      £$$\\=,,,,
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