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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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