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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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