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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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¨¨¨¨¨~~:$&                                          &$:~~¨¨¨¨¨