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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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