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###@£†/«~, THE FERAL DREAM          ««««# ««««# ««# ,~«/†£@###
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###@£†/«~, / EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    / ,~«/†£@###
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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  ,~«/†£####
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###@£†/«~,       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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