¨¨¨¨¨.~†§%                                          %§†~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~†§%#                                          #%§†~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~†§%##                                          ##%§†~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~†§%###                                          ###%§†~.¨¨
¨.~†§%####                                          ####%§†~.¨
¨¨.~†§%### 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.              .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.                     †                    .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~                    ~~~                   ~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†                  .....                   †~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†§                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                 §†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~†§%                  .....                   %§†~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~†§%#                   ~~~                    #%§†~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~†§%##                    †                     ##%§†~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~†§%###                                          ###%§†~.¨¨
¨.~†§%####                                          ####%§†~.¨
¨¨.~†§%###                                          ###%§†~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~†§%##                                          ##%§†~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~†§%#                                          #%§†~.¨¨¨¨