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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. @..@@@@..@
....@@.... ....@@....
@@@....@@. 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 @@@@....@@
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