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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. &&&&&&&&&&
&¨¨¨¨&&&&¨ ¨&&&&&&&&&
¨¨&&¨¨&&¨¨ 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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