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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. &&¨¨&&&&&&
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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 ¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨
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