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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.     @£&*=~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~=*&£@#                                          #@£&*=~^¨¨
¨^~=*&£@##   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.       =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=    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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¨¨¨¨¨^~=*&                                          &*=~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=*                                          *=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=                                          =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨