§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§§¨¨§§§§§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ they tell me:  "we are going  to  shrink ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
§§§§¨¨§¨¨§ you." i don't quite  like  the  tone  in ¨§§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ their voices,  like they are restraining ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§§§ themselves. there  is  a  hunger in them §¨¨¨¨§§§§§
¨§§¨¨§§§§§ and it  wants  me  to  shrink.  and what ¨¨§§¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ really   irks   me  is  that  so  do  i. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§§§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          §§§§§§¨¨¨§
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ they give  me  wristbands  and  anklets, §§§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§§§§§ made   of  some   strange  stone.  their §§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§      surface is swirling, like dark      §§§¨¨§§§§§
¨§§§§¨¨§§§   thunderstorms trapped in glass, like   ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨ windows into a  smaller  world, close to ¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨ my  body  so  that it  can  see  clearly ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨              whats in store.             ¨¨¨§§§§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨ they  give me food: prawn-like bugs that ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨ make  my tongue  curl with satisfaction. §§§§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨ "out of this world", i  think, having no §§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨ frame of reference. i eat only two,  but ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨§§      the bugs leave me suspiciously      ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
§§§¨¨§§¨¨§                satisfied.                ¨§¨¨§§§§§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§§§
§¨¨§§§§§§¨ they measure my clothes. "you are  going §§§§¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨ to become about half as big",  they tell §§§¨¨¨¨§§§
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§  me, barely controlling themselves with  ¨§¨¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨              anticipation.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§§§§§§¨                                          §§§§§§§§§§
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§§§§§§§¨¨¨                    ~~~                   §§§§§§§§§§
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨§§§§§
¨¨§§§§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨                                          §§§§§¨¨§§¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          §§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨§§§§¨