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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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,,^~^%&¤¶# ~~~ #¶¤&%^~^,,
,,,^~^%&¤¶ ^^^^^ ¶¤&%^~^,,,
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