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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. @†:=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:=:†@§                                          §@†:=:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:=:†@§# 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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