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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 ....««««^§
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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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