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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. ¨¨~»:†*###
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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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