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#@¤&==»-¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»=
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=»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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