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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.                ¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
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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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