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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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