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##£$%:~^.. : EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    : ..^~:%$£##
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##£$%:~^..      A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.     ..^~:%$£##
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#£$%:~^... FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT  ...^~:%$£#
##£$%:~^..   THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE   ..^~:%$£##
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#£$%:~^...    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    ...^~:%$£#
##£$%:~^..  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  ..^~:%$£##
###£$%:~^.        ASLEEP FOR THE LAST TIME.)        .^~:%$£###
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#£$%:~^...   NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST  ...^~:%$£#
##£$%:~^..    LOOK AWAY FOR A BIT. BUT WHATEVER'S   ..^~:%$£##
###£$%:~^.    HAPPENING DOESN'T SOUND UNPLEASANT.   .^~:%$£###
##£$%:~^..   SHORT BREATH, MOANS, BONES BREAKING,   ..^~:%$£##
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##£$%:~^..          THEY ARE EXULTATIONS.           ..^~:%$£##
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##£$%:~^..  FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE ROOM IS DEVOID  ..^~:%$£##
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##£$%:~^..  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ..^~:%$£##
###£$%:~^.   POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING  .^~:%$£###
##£$%:~^..       FOURLEGGER OPENS THEIR EYES.       ..^~:%$£##
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##£$%:~^..    THERE IS A SECOND BLOOMING, AND A     ..^~:%$£##
###£$%:~^.    THIRD, AND A FOURTH. STRUGGLING TO    .^~:%$£###
##£$%:~^..  RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH   ..^~:%$£##
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##£$%:~^..                NEW URGES.                ..^~:%$£##
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##£$%:~^..  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ..^~:%$£##
#£$%:~^...      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      ...^~:%$£#
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