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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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