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¨¨&&&&&¨¨& they tell me: "we are going to shrink ¨&&&&¨¨¨¨¨
&¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨ you." i don't quite like the tone in ¨¨&&¨¨&&&&
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¨&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨ 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 ¨¨&&&&¨¨¨¨
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