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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.                 ,,,,,,,--\
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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  ,,--\†%¤@#
@¤%†\--,,,   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.                ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ,,,,,,,,,,
-,,,,,,,,,      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      ,,,,,,,,,-
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