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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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