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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 &&¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨ 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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