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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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