.-~\=§§§§# #§§§§=\~-.
....--~\=§ §=\~--....
....--\=§¶ ¶§=\--....
.-~\=§§¶## ##¶§§=\~-.
.-~\=§§§¶# #¶§§§=\~-.
....~=§§§§ 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. §§§\~.....
..-~~\=§¶¶ ¶¶§=\~~-..
.-~\=§§¶## \ ##¶§§=\~-.
.-~\=§§¶## ~~~ ##¶§§=\~-.
......~\=§ ----- §=\~......
....~~\§§¶ ........ ¶§§\~~....
......-\§§ ----- §§\-......
..---~\=§§ ~~~ §§=\~---..
......-\§¶ \ ¶§\-......
....~\\§¶# #¶§\\~....
.-~\=§§¶## ##¶§§=\~-.
.-~\=§§§§# #§§§§=\~-.
...--~===§ §===~--...
.-~\=§§¶## ##¶§§=\~-.