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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. ££*^*«:...
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.:«*^*££## 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. @ * . ^*«:......
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........:« @ * . 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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