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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. #@@§@=/=:,
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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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