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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 &&&††«....
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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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.-«;†%&@## 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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