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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.              ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@                                          ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ 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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