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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. #@¤=~~....
.~~=^¤&@@# #@@&¤^=~~.
.~~=^¤&@## 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. ##@&¤^=~~.
.~~=^¤&@## ##@&¤^=~~.
.~~===¤¤@# 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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