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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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