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¨,»*%@@@£@ 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. @££@@%*»,¨
¨,»*%@@£@# #@£@@%*»,¨
¨,»*%@@£@# 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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¨¨¨¨¨,*@@£ me, barely controlling themselves with £@@*,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»*%@@£@# anticipation. #@£@@%*»,¨
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