..,==*@#@# #@#@*==,..
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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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