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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. # $ . \«-.......
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.........- # $ . 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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