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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 @&*=-,....
...,-=*&@# And  It  Wants  Me To  Shrink.  And What #@&*=-,...
..,-=*&@## Really   Irks  Me   Is  That  So  Do  I. ##@&*=-,..
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......,-=* 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 ##@&*=-,..
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....,-=*&@ To Become  About Half As Big", They Tell @&*=-,....
...,-=*&@#  Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With  #@&*=-,...
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