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.-~\*****¤ THEY TELL ME: "WE ARE GOING TO SHRINK ¤*****\~-.
.-~\**¤¶## 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. ##¶¤**\~-.
.-~\**¤¶## ##¶¤**\~-.
....-\\*¤¶ 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. ¶¤¤¤**\~-.
.-~\**¤### ###¤**\~-.
.....~\*¶# 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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....-~\\*¤ ~~~ ¤*\\~-....
.-~\***¤¶# ----- #¶¤***\~-.
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