##@¤§*†~^.                                          .^~†*§¤@##
#@§*††^^^.                                          .^^^††*§@#
##@¤§*†~^.                                          .^~†*§¤@##
¤¤¤**†^...                                          ...^†**¤¤¤
@@§*†^....                                          ....^†*§@@
¤¤*†^^^... 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.      .^~†*§¤@##
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¤¤***†^...                                          ...^†***¤¤