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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   ##¤¤*=«...
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....«=*¤¤#    Joy As A Television Static Spreads    #¤¤*=«....
...«=*¤¤##  Slowly Up The Arms. (Old Limbs Falling  ##¤¤*=«...
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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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