,,,.~*%@¶@ @¶@%*~.,,,
,,.~*%@¶@# #@¶@%*~.,,
,.~*%@¶@## ##@¶@%*~.,
,,.~*%@¶@# #@¶@%*~.,,
,,,.~*%@¶@ @¶@%*~.,,,
,,,,.~*%@¶ THE FERAL DREAM ~~~~¶ ~~~~¶ ~~¶ ¶@%*~.,,,,
,,,.~*%@¶@ @¶@%*~.,,,
,,.~*%@¶@# //////////////////////////////////////// #@¶@%*~.,,
,.~*%@¶@## / EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED / ##@¶@%*~.,
,,.~*%@¶@# / AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE / #@¶@%*~.,,
,,,.~*%@¶@ //////////////////////////////////////// @¶@%*~.,,,
,,,,.~*%@¶ ¶@%*~.,,,,
,,,.~*%@¶@ 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.) #@¶@%*~.,,
,,,.~*%@¶@ @¶@%*~.,,,
,,,,.~*%@¶ 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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