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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 ¨¨¨¨,»**&§
@§&**»,¨¨¨ 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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