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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 &%::^.....
.^~:%$&@## THEMSELVES. THERE  IS A  HUNGER IN  THEM ##@&$%:~^.
...^^^:%$@ AND  IT WANTS ME  TO  SHRINK.  AND  WHAT @$%:^^^...
.^~:%$&&@# REALLY  IRKS  ME  IS   THAT  SO   DO  I. #@&&$%:~^.
.^~:%$&@##                                          ##@&$%:~^.
.^~:%$&@## THEY  GIVE  ME  WRISTBANDS  AND ANKLETS, ##@&$%:~^.
.^~:%$&@## MADE   OF   SOME  STRANGE  STONE.  THEIR ##@&$%:~^.
.^~:%$@###      SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK      ###@$%:~^.
.^~:%$&@##   THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE   ##@&$%:~^.
.^~:%&@### 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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.^~:%$&&&&                  ^^^^^                   &&&&$%:~^.
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.^~:%$&@##                  ^^^^^                   ##@&$%:~^.
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