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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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