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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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