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#£¤%:~~¨¨¨ # % ¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨^^:%¤
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¤%:~¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S TASTING ME, # % ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~:%¤
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##£¤%%:~^¨ 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 ¨¨^~~~%%£#
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###¤%%:~^¨ JUICY # % ¨ GRAPE, ¨^~:%%¤###
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##£¤%%:~^¨ # % ¨ # % ¨ CUCUMBER. ¨ ¨^~:%%¤£##
##£¤%%:~^¨ # % ¨ IT'S VERY GOOD. # % ¨ AND I # % ¨ ¨^~:%%¤£##
##£¤%%:~^¨ SUCK MORE OF IT IN. # % ¨ ¨^~:%%¤£##
¤¤%:~¨¨¨¨¨ # % ¨ CHEW IT. # % ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~:%¤¤
¤¤%%%:^¨¨¨ # % ¨ THE SEAGRASS DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND. ¨¨¨^:%%%¤¤
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##£¤%%:~^¨ 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, % ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~%¤
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