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%†/-^¨¨¨¨¨ 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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