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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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@@††††=,.. ..,=††††@@
#@@%%%†=,. .,=†%%%@@#
¤%%†,..... .....,†%%¤
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