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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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