.~~†$@## ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# THEY TELL ME: "WE ARE GOING TO SHRINK #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# AND IT WANTS ME TO SHRINK. AND WHAT #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## WHATS IN STORE. ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# SATISFIED. #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## ANTICIPATION. ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## † ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# ~~~ #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## ~~~~~ ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# ........ #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## ~~~~~ ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# ~~~ #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## † ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# #@#&$†~~..
.~~†$@## ##@#&$†~~.
..~~†$@# #@#&$†~~..