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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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,,,~-/%@§@                     /                    @§@%/-~,,,
,,,,~-/%@§                    ---                   §@%/-~,,,,
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