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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 »~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~»* anticipation. *»~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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