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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 ##@¶§=*~,,
,,,,,,,*$¶             WHATS IN STORE.              ¶$*,,,,,,,
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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 §=~,,,,,,,
,,,~~==$$§ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY  TWO, BUT §$$==~~,,,
,,,,,~~=$§      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      §$=~~,,,,,
,~*=$§¶@##                SATISFIED.                ##@¶§$=*~,
,,,,,,,*=§                                          §=*,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*=§ 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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