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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. ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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