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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. ##@@¤%\-:,
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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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