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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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