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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, @¤¤¤@§^-~.
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~-^§@¤@### SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK ###@¤@§^-~
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...-^§§@¤¤ 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 @@@§--~~..
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.~-^§@¤@## THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ##@¤@§^-~.
.~-^§@¤@## TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ##@¤@§^-~.
.....~-§¤¤ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ¤¤§-~.....
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