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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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