.....~=%*¤ ¤*%=~.....
.~=:%*¤@## ##@¤*%:=~.
.~=:%*¤@## ##@¤*%:=~.
.~=:%*¤@## ##@¤*%:=~.
.......=%¤ ¤%=.......
.~=:%*¤@@@ # * . # * . # * 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. * = * = #¤¤¤*%:=~.
.~=:%*¤@## ##@¤*%:=~.
.~=:%*¤@@@ @@@¤*%:=~.
.~=:%*¤@## ##@¤*%:=~.
.~=:%*¤@## ##@¤*%:=~.
.~=:%*¤@## ##@¤*%:=~.