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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      ¨¨:~*%&§£#
£§&%*~:¨¨¨   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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