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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. @@§§-,,,,,
,,-^^^@@@@ @@@@^^^-,,
,,,,,,--§@ 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. @@@^--,,,,
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