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§&^†~,.... THE FERAL DREAM          ~~~~¶ ~~~~¶ ~~¶ ....,~†^&§
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#¶§&^†~,.. †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ..,~†^&§¶#
##¶§&^†~,. † EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    † .,~†^&§¶##
#¶§&^†~,.. † AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   † ..,~†^&§¶#
¶§&^†~,... †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ...,~†^&§¶
§&^†~,....                                          ....,~†^&§
&^†~,.....     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.                  ..,~†^&§¶#
¶§&^†~,...                                          ...,~†^&§¶
§&^†~,....    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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