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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. @*=-......
.-»=$*@#@# #@#@*$=»-.
.-»=$*@@## THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, ##@@*$=»-.
.-»=$*@#@# MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR #@#@*$=»-.
.-»=$*@@## SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK ##@@*$=»-.
....»»$$@# THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE #@$$»»....
...-=$**@# WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO #@**$=-...
.-»=$*@#@@ MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY @@#@*$=»-.
.-»»=$$*@@ WHATS IN STORE. @@*$$=»»-.
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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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.-»=$*@#@# ........ #@#@*$=»-.
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.-»=$**@@@ = @@@**$=»-.
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