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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 @¨@@@¨¨@¨¨
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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 @¨@¨@@@@¨¨
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@¨¨@¨¨¨@¨¨ TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ¨@¨@@@@¨@¨
@¨@@¨¨@@¨@ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH @@@¨¨¨@@@@
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