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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.                 §*††===,,,
,,,=††$**§                                          §**$††=,,,
,,,,,,,†*§    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    §*†,,,,,,,
,,,=††**§#  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  #§**††=,,,
,,=†††$$§@        ASLEEP FOR THE LAST TIME.)        @§$$†††=,,
,,,=†$$*§#                                          #§*$$†=,,,
,,,,†$$*§@  NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST   @§*$$†,,,,
,,=†$*§###    LOOK AWAY FOR A BIT. BUT WHATEVER'S   ###§*$†=,,
,,=†$*§§§@   HAPPENING DOESN'T SOUND UNPLEASANT.    @§§§*$†=,,
,,=†$*§@##   SHORT BREATH, MOANS, BONES BREAKING,   ##@§*$†=,,
,,,,=†††$§  MAYBE; BUT THESE ARE RAPTOROUS THINGS,  §$†††=,,,,
,,=†$*§@##           THEY ARE EXULTATIONS.          ##@§*$†=,,
,,=†$*§§@#                                          #@§§*$†=,,
,,,,,†**§@  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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,,=†$*§§§§     THERE IS A SECOND BLOOMING, AND A    §§§§*$†=,,
,,,,=$*§§§    THIRD, AND A FOURTH. STRUGGLING TO    §§§*$=,,,,
,,=†$*§@##   RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH  ##@§*$†=,,
,,,=†$$$§# OF THE NEW BODY, FALLING HEADFIRST INTO  #§$$$†=,,,
,,,,,=$*§@                NEW URGES.                @§*$=,,,,,
,,=†$*§@##                                          ##@§*$†=,,
,,,,,†$$*@  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  @*$$†,,,,,
,,=†$*§@##      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      ##@§*$†=,,
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