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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. ###@§§%\,¨
¨¨,\%§§@## ##@§§%\,¨¨
¨¨¨,\%§§@# 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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