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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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,-«*†&#@## TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ##@#&†*«-,
,,,--«*†&@ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH @&†*«--,,,
,,,-««†##@ ANTICIPATION. @##†««-,,,
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