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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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