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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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