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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 ¨¨¨~~~†^##
#####$†~^¨ THEMSELVES. THERE IS  A  HUNGER  IN THEM ¨^~†$#####
####$^†~^¨ AND IT  WANTS  ME  TO  SHRINK.  AND WHAT ¨^~†^$####
####$^†~^¨ REALLY   IRKS  ME  IS   THAT  SO  DO  I. ¨^~†^$####
#$^~^^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^^~^$#
####$^†~^¨ THEY  GIVE  ME  WRISTBANDS  AND ANKLETS, ¨^~†^$####
####$^†~^¨ MADE  OF  SOME  STRANGE   STONE.   THEIR ¨^~†^$####
####$^†~^¨      SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK      ¨^~†^$####
####$^†~^¨   THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE   ¨^~†^$####
####$^†~^¨ WINDOWS INTO A  SMALLER  WORLD, CLOSE TO ¨^~†^$####
####$^†~^¨ MY BODY  SO  THAT  IT  CAN  SEE  CLEARLY ¨^~†^$####
####$^†~^¨             WHATS IN STORE.              ¨^~†^$####
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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.                ¨¨¨¨¨^~†^#
##$†~~^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^~~†$##
####$^†~^¨ THEY MEASURE  MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ¨^~†^$####
##$^^†~¨¨¨ TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS  BIG", THEY TELL ¨¨¨~†^^$##
####$^†~^¨  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ¨^~†^$####
##$†^¨¨¨¨¨              ANTICIPATION.               ¨¨¨¨¨^†$##
#$††††~^¨¨                                          ¨¨^~††††$#
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##$^††^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^††^$##