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@#%=†-^... THEY TELL ME: "WE ARE  GOING  TO  SHRINK ...^-†=%#@
#%=†-^.... YOU." I DON'T  QUITE  LIKE  THE TONE  IN ....^-†=%#
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=†-^...... 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 ..........
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..........   THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE   ..........
.......... WINDOWS  INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE  TO ..........
^......... MY  BODY  SO THAT  IT  CAN  SEE  CLEARLY .........^
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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 ....^-†=%#
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