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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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