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,,,,^^;;%& YOU." I  DON'T  QUITE LIKE  THE  TONE IN &%;;^^,,,,
,^~;$&¶### THEIR VOICES, LIKE  THEY ARE RESTRAINING ###¶&$;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## THEMSELVES. THERE IS  A  HUNGER IN  THEM ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶¶# AND  IT  WANTS  ME  TO SHRINK.  AND WHAT #¶¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## REALLY  IRKS  ME   IS   THAT  SO  DO  I. ##¶&$%;~^,
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,^;%$&¶### THEY  GIVE  ME  WRISTBANDS  AND ANKLETS, ###¶&$%;^,
,,,,~%%$$& MADE   OF  SOME   STRANGE  STONE.  THEIR &$$%%~,,,,
,^~;%$&¶##      SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK      ##¶&$%;~^,
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,^~;;%%$$& WINDOWS INTO A  SMALLER WORLD,  CLOSE TO &$$%%;;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## MY  BODY  SO  THAT  IT  CAN  SEE CLEARLY ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&&&&              WHATS IN STORE.             &&&&$%;~^,
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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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,,,,,,~;$& THEY MEASURE  MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING &$;~,,,,,,
,^~;%$&¶## TO BECOME  ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶##  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ##¶&$%;~^,
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