###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨ THE FERAL DREAM          ««««# ««««# ««# ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨ † EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    † ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨ † AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   † ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨      A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.     ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨   FIRST, JUST AN ISOLATED PRICK IN THE   ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨ FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT  ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨   THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE   ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                 BEFORE.                  ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨        ASLEEP FOR THE LAST TIME.)        ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨  NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST   ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨   LOOK AWAY FOR A BIT. BUT WHATEVER'S    ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨   HAPPENING DOESN'T SOUND UNPLEASANT.    ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨   SHORT BREATH, MOANS, BONES BREAKING,   ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨  MAYBE; BUT THESE ARE RAPTOROUS THINGS,  ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨          THEY ARE EXULTATIONS.           ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨  FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE ROOM IS DEVOID  ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨    OF LIFE. BUT THEN, THE EVENING SUN    ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨   POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING  ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨       FOURLEGGER OPENS THEIR EYES.       ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨     THERE IS A SECOND BLOOMING, AND A    ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨    THIRD, AND A FOURTH. STRUGGLING TO    ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨   RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH  ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨  OF THE NEW BODY, FALLING HEADFIRST INTO ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                NEW URGES.                ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###
##¤¤$†«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«†$¤¤##
###¤¤$†«^¨                                          ¨^«†$¤¤###