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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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