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....-\$$@# 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 @@$$\\\~-.
....-\$@@@ Really Irks Me Is That So Do I. @@@$\-....
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.-~\$$@### They Give Me Wristbands And Anklets, ###@$$\~-.
.-~\$$@@@# Made Of Some Strange Stone. Their #@@@$$\~-.
.-~\$$@@## Surface Is Swirling, Like Dark ##@@$$\~-.
.....~$$@# Thunderstorms Trapped In Glass, Like #@$$~.....
.-~\$$@@## Windows Into A Smaller World, Close To ##@@$$\~-.
.-~\\\$@@@ My Body So That It Can See Clearly @@@$\\\~-.
.-~\$$@@@@ Whats In Store. @@@@$$\~-.
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.-~\$@@### 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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