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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. #@@¤%*:=..
..=:*%¤¤@@ @@¤¤%*:=..
..=:*%¤@@# 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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