,,,,,,-:$# #$:-,,,,,,
,-=:$%%%## ##%%%$:=-,
,-=:$%#### ####%$:=-,
,,,,-==:%# #%:==-,,,,
,-=:$%#### ####%$:=-,
,,,--:$$%# the feral dream ====# ====# ==# #%$$:--,,,
,,,,-:$### ###$:-,,,,
,-=:$%#### :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ####%$:=-,
,,,,,-:%## : 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 #%%::-,,,,
,-=:$%#### of the new body, falling headfirst into ####%$:=-,
,-=:$%#### new urges. ####%$:=-,
,-=:$%#### ####%$:=-,
,-=:$%#### escaping through the glassless window. ####%$:=-,
,-=:$%#### outside, the world is waiting. ####%$:=-,
,-=:$%#### ####%$:=-,
,--==$$### ###$$==--,
,-=:$%#### ####%$:=-,
,,,--=$%%# #%%$=--,,,
,-=:$%#### ####%$:=-,