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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 ##@£*§\~,,
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,,~\§*£@## 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 @£§§~~~,,,
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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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,,~\§*£@## TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ##@£*§\~,,
,,~\§*£@## ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ##@£*§\~,,
,,~\§*£@## ANTICIPATION. ##@£*§\~,,
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