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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. ¨¨:~;^@&@#
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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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