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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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