@§@$=«^,,,                                          ,,,^«=$@§@
#@§@$=«^,,                                          ,,^«=$@§@#
##@§@$=«^,                                          ,^«=$@§@##
#@§@$=«^,,                                          ,,^«=$@§@#
@§@$=«^,,,                                          ,,,^«=$@§@
§@$=«^,,,, they  tell  me: "we are going to  shrink ,,,,^«=$@§
@§@$=«^,,, you."  i  don't  quite like the tone  in ,,,^«=$@§@
#@§@$=«^,, their voices, like  they are restraining ,,^«=$@§@#
##@§@$=«^, themselves. there  is  a  hunger in them ,^«=$@§@##
#@§@$=«^,, and  it wants me  to  shrink.  and  what ,,^«=$@§@#
@§@$=«^,,, really  irks  me   is  that  so  do   i. ,,,^«=$@§@
§@$=«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«=$@§
@§@$=«^,,, they give  me  wristbands  and  anklets, ,,,^«=$@§@
#@§@$=«^,, made  of  some  strange   stone.   their ,,^«=$@§@#
##@§@$=«^,      surface is swirling, like dark      ,^«=$@§@##
#@§@$=«^,,   thunderstorms trapped in glass, like   ,,^«=$@§@#
@§@$=«^,,, windows  into a smaller world, close  to ,,,^«=$@§@
§@$=«^,,,, my  body  so  that  it  can see  clearly ,,,,^«=$@§
@§@$=«^,,,             whats in store.              ,,,^«=$@§@
#@§@$=«^,,                                          ,,^«=$@§@#
##@§@$=«^, they  give me food: prawn-like bugs that ,^«=$@§@##
#@§@$=«^,, make  my tongue curl  with satisfaction. ,,^«=$@§@#
@§@$=«^,,, "out of this world",  i think, having no ,,,^«=$@§@
§@$=«^,,,, frame of reference. i eat  only two, but ,,,,^«=$@§
@§@$=«^,,,      the bugs leave me suspiciously      ,,,^«=$@§@
#@§@$=«^,,                satisfied.                ,,^«=$@§@#
##@§@$=«^,                                          ,^«=$@§@##
#@§@$=«^,, they measure my clothes.  "you are going ,,^«=$@§@#
@§@$=«^,,, to become about  half as big", they tell ,,,^«=$@§@
§@$=«^,,,,  me, barely controlling themselves with  ,,,,^«=$@§
@§@$=«^,,,              anticipation.               ,,,^«=$@§@
#@§@$=«^,,                                          ,,^«=$@§@#
##@§@$=«^,                     =                    ,^«=$@§@##
#@§@$=«^,,                   «««                    ,,^«=$@§@#
@§@$=«^,,,                  ^^^^^                   ,,,^«=$@§@
§@$=«^,,,,                 ,,,,,,,,                 ,,,,^«=$@§
@§@$=«^,,,                   ^^^^^                  ,,,^«=$@§@
#@§@$=«^,,                   «««                    ,,^«=$@§@#
##@§@$=«^,                     =                    ,^«=$@§@##
#@§@$=«^,,                                          ,,^«=$@§@#
@§@$=«^,,,                                          ,,,^«=$@§@
§@$=«^,,,,                                          ,,,,^«=$@§
@§@$=«^,,,                                          ,,,^«=$@§@
#@§@$=«^,,                                          ,,^«=$@§@#