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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. ¨¨¨¨--/=§#
§=/--¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨--/=§
=/--¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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