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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.              @@§§^~,,,,
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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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