¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†                                          †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†*                                          *†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†*%                                          %*†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~†*%&                                          &%*†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~†*%&#                                          #&%*†~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~†*%&## 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.      ##&%*†~-¨¨
¨¨¨-~†*%&#                                          #&%*†~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~†*%&                                          &%*†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†*%                                          %*†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†*                                          *†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†                                          †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨