..~\*$@@## ##@@$*\~..
..~\*$@@@@ @@@@$*\~..
..~\*$@@@# #@@@$*\~..
...~\\\$$@ @$$\\\~...
..~\*@@@## ##@@@*\~..
..~\*$@@@# @ $ . @ $ . @ $ LYING @ $ . @ $ . @ $ . #@@@$*\~..
.......\$@ @ $ . IN MY ROOM, @ $ . @$\.......
.....~\$@@ @ ARMS FLOPPED OVER THE EDGE OF THE BED. @@$\~.....
....\\\*@@ @ $ . SOMETHING POKING MY LEFT HAND, @@*\\\....
......~\*@ @ $ . SOMETHING SLIMY, @*\~......
..~\*$@@## @ $ . SLITHERING AROUND THE FINGERS, ##@@$*\~..
..~\\\**@@ @ $ . UP THE ARM. @ $ . @@**\\\~..
..~\*$@@@# IS IT DRUG-FUELED APATHY? @ $ . #@@@$*\~..
.....~*$$@ @ $ . 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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