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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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,-~\§*¤### ~~~ ###¤*§\~-,
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