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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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,,,,,,,~†† 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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