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#@#¤¤^^~-¨ YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN ¨-~^^¤¤#@#
@#¤¤^^~-¨¨ THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ¨¨-~^^¤¤#@
#@#¤¤^^~-¨ THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ¨-~^^¤¤#@#
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#@#¤¤^^~-¨ 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. ¨-~^^¤¤#@#
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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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