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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.                /«,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,«/%@ 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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