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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 ,-==†¤¤¶@#
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#@¶¤¤†==-, WINDOWS INTO  A  SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO ,-==†¤¤¶@#
¤¤¤¤¤†==-, MY  BODY  SO  THAT  IT CAN  SEE  CLEARLY ,-==†¤¤¤¤¤
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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 ,-==†¤¶@##
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