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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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