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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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