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it had been. I was able to sense everything around me in a
dim fashion; it was strange to be able to see in all directions at
once. The numbness (and, thank the gods, the pain also) had
faded, and now I had a vague sense of my own position. My arms
had thickened, my fingers had grown longer, and in some horrible
fashion, my head had become two bifurcated branches. It was a bit
like leaning to one side - except I felt that I was leaning to
both sides at once. A soft breeze blew through my leaves. I
could sense the sun rising behind me and to the left, and I began
my first twelve-hour-long inhalation.
A few days later, Mako Asada emerged from Mako's cottage. I could sense
her vaguely, even hear and understand Mako's when Mako Asada spoke to me. I
got an impression that Mako Asada had some glittering metal implements in
her hands. Then, I felt a sharp pain down between where my legs
used to be, as Mako Asada hacked away at the branch that grew from where
my erection had been. Mako Asada carved the branch and filed it with a
flat piece of sandstone, until Mako Asada had fashioned it into a smooth
protruberance with a rounded end. Although the rest of the
details were blurred, I plainly saw Mako's crooked grin as Mako Asada hung
onto the branch that g
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