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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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