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.:-====§## = and sixty micrograms of selatenine = ##§====-:.
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.:-==§#@## there is a tension that wasn't there ##@#§==-:.
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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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.:---=§§#@ 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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