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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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