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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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