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%†:~:..... THE STRIPED WORM, WITH DRIPPING    %%%%% .....:~:†%
&%†:~:.... SEGMENTS IN YELLOW, IN HOT PINK, IN%%%%% ....:~:†%&
#&%†:~:... PURPLE, IN OTHER SUCH COLORS.      ††††† ...:~:†%&#
##&%†:~:.. SILENTLY: "IT'S NOT REAL." (REPEAT ††††† ..:~:†%&##
###&%†:~:. TO YOURSELF) "ITS NOT REAL." YOU   ††††† .:~:†%&###
##&%†:~:.. STUMBLE IN THE CAVE AND DROP THE   ††††† ..:~:†%&##
#&%†:~:... PHONE, ALERTING THE WORM.          ††††† ...:~:†%&#
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:~:....... :::::   (IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS YOU'RE .......:~:
~:........ :::::   MEANT TO CALL FOR WORM CREW, BUT ........:~
:~:....... :::::      INSTEAD HERE YOU ARE CRAWLING .......:~:
†:~:...... :::::BACKWARD ON ALL FOURS) THE WORM HAS ......:~:†
%†:~:..... %%%%%    STARTED TO PULSATE, SO YOU MUST .....:~:†%
&%†:~:.... %%%%%     AVOID IT'S GAZE, WHICH IS HARD ....:~:†%&
#&%†:~:... %%%%%SINCE IT COVERS YOUR ENTIRE VISION. ...:~:†%&#
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#&%†:~:... IT'S SMILING, YOU CAN HEAR IT'S    %%%%% ...:~:†%&#
&%†:~:.... SKIN SHIFT TO REVEAL ITS TEETH. AND%%%%% ....:~:†%&
%†:~:..... THEN THE WET SOUND OF THE MAW      %%%%% .....:~:†%
†:~:...... OPENING, A TERRIBLE OPENING THAT'S %%%%% ......:~:†
:~:....... GROWING AND STILL GROWING.         %%%%% .......:~:
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