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.&.&&.&.&. 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, &.&.&..&.&
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.&.&&.&.&. 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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