...^=*=$#@                                          @#$=*=^...
..^=*=$#@#                                          #@#$=*=^..
.^=*=$#@##                                          ##@#$=*=^.
..^=*=$#@#                                          #@#$=*=^..
...^=*=$#@                                          @#$=*=^...
....^=*=$# # $ . # $ . # $ 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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