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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, £*;«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«;*£@ 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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¨¨¨¨,«;*£@ 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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