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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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