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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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