,:~:$$§@##                                          ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#                                          #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##                                          ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#                                          #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##                                          ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@# THE FERAL DREAM          ~~~~# ~~~~# ~~# #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##                                          ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@## : EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    : ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@# : AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   : #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#                                          #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##     A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.      ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#                                          #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##   FIRST, JUST AN ISOLATED PRICK IN THE   ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@# FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT  #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##   THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE   ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#                  BEFORE.                 #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##                                          ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#        ASLEEP FOR THE LAST TIME.)        #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##                                          ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#   NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST  #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##    LOOK AWAY FOR A BIT. BUT WHATEVER'S   ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#    HAPPENING DOESN'T SOUND UNPLEASANT.   #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##   SHORT BREATH, MOANS, BONES BREAKING,   ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#  MAYBE; BUT THESE ARE RAPTOROUS THINGS,  #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##           THEY ARE EXULTATIONS.          ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#                                          #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##  FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE ROOM IS DEVOID  ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#    OF LIFE. BUT THEN, THE EVENING SUN    #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#   POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING  #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##       FOURLEGGER OPENS THEIR EYES.       ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#                                          #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##     THERE IS A SECOND BLOOMING, AND A    ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#    THIRD, AND A FOURTH. STRUGGLING TO    #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##  RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH   ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@# OF THE NEW BODY, FALLING HEADFIRST INTO  #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##                NEW URGES.                ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#                                          #@§$$:~:,,
,:~:$$§@##  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ##@§$$:~:,
,,:~:$$§@#      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      #@§$$:~:,,
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