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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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