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,.»†§%§### † EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    † ###§%§†».,
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,.»†§%§###      A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.     ###§%§†».,
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,.»†§%§###    JOY AS A TELEVISION STATIC SPREADS    ###§%§†».,
,»†§%§####  SLOWLY UP THE ARMS. (OLD LIMBS FALLING  ####§%§†»,
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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  §§†††»,,,,
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,.»†§%§###  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ###§%§†».,
,,,,,»§%§#  POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING   #§%§»,,,,,
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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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