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....:«*=@# #   *   .   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. ###@*=*«:.
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....«==@@@ *  «   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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