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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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