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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      ¨---†%%%##
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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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