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.......,=*   &&&&&&&&&&&&&**************&&&&&&&&&&  *=,.......
......,=*= &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&**************&&&&&&&&&&& =*=,......
.....,=*=&   &&&&&&&&&&&&&**************&&&&&&&&&&& &=*=,.....
....,=*=&§ the striped worm, with dripping    &&&&& §&=*=,....
...,=*=&§# segments in yellow, in hot pink, in&&&&& #§&=*=,...
..,=*=&§## purple, in other such colors.      ===== ##§&=*=,..
.,=*=&§### silently: "it's not real." (repeat ===== ###§&=*=,.
..,=*=&§## to yourself) "its not real." you   ===== ##§&=*=,..
...,=*=&§# stumble in the cave and drop the   ===== #§&=*=,...
....,=*=&§ phone, alerting the worm.          ===== §&=*=,....
.....,=*=&  *******&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&**********====== &=*=,.....
......,=*= ********&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&**********====== =*=,......
.......,=* ********&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&**********=====  *=,.......
........,= *****   (in a situation like this you're =,........
........., *****   meant to call for worm crew, but ,.........
........,= *****      instead here you are crawling =,........
.......,=* *****backward on all fours) the worm has *=,.......
......,=*= &&&&&    started to pulsate, so you must =*=,......
.....,=*=& &&&&&     avoid it's gaze, which is hard &=*=,.....
....,=*=&§ &&&&&since it covers your entire vision. §&=*=,....
...,=*=&§# &&&&&&&&&&==============***********&&&&  #§&=*=,...
..,=*=&§## &&&&&&&&&&==============***********&&&&& ##§&=*=,..
.,=*=&§###  &&&&&&&&&==============***********&&&&& ###§&=*=,.
..,=*=&§## it's smiling, you can hear it's    &&&&& ##§&=*=,..
...,=*=&§# skin shift to reveal its teeth. and&&&&& #§&=*=,...
....,=*=&§ then the wet sound of the maw      &&&&& §&=*=,....
.....,=*=& opening, a terrible opening that's &&&&& &=*=,.....
......,=*= growing and still growing.         &&&&& =*=,......
.......,=*   ============&&&&&&&&&&&&&************* *=,.......
........,= ==============&&&&&&&&&&&&&************* =,........
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