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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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