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.~~††### ####&††~~.
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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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