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...:~;$$## # $ . # $ . # $ lying #  $ . # $ . # $ . ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### #   $    .   in   my   room,   #   $   . ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### # arms flopped over the edge of the bed. ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### # $  . something  poking  my  left hand, ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## #     $     .      something      slimy, ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### # $  .  slithering  around the  fingers, ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### #   $    .   up   the   arm.   #   $   . ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### is   it  drug-fueled  apathy?   #   $  . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## #   $   .   i  don't   move   the   arm. ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### #    $    .    #    $    .    #   $    . ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### whatever it is  that's tasting me, # $ . ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### it   moves    further   up,   #   $    . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## reaches    the    armpit.    #    $    . ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### i  turn  my  head  toward  it.  #  $   . ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### #    $    .    looks    like   seagrass. ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### #   $  .   it's   kinda  cute.  #   $  . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## #    $    .    #    $   .    #    $    . ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### #  $  . once it's up  my neck and on  my ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### face,    i    bite    it.    #    $    . ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### # $  .  the  texture  is like that of  a ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## juicy       #      $       .      grape, ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### #  $ . and the  squish tastes like sweet ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### #   $   .    #    $    .   cucumber.   . ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### # $ .  it's very good. # $ . and i # $ . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## suck   more   of   it   in.    #   $   . ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### #    $    .    chew    it.   #    $    . ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### # $ . the seagrass doesn't seem to mind. ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### #   $    .    #    $    .    #    $    . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## $  ~  apathy  gone,   i  sit   up.  $  ~ ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### $ ~    the tendrils  are stuck under $ ~ ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### $ ~ my  shirt, $ ~  entering by the  arm ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### and  exiting  through  the collar.  $  ~ ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## $ ~ this makes  it hard for me  to  push ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### more   of  it   in   my   mouth.   $   ~ ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### $ ~  i make to remove the shirt, but the ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### seagrass finally protests  when i try to ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## move    my     left     arm.     $     ~ ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### $   ~  so  -   eating  it  is  ok,  $  ~ ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### $  ~ $ ~  moving it  is  not.  $  ~ $  ~ ####$$;~:.
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