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.........^ 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 §^-^......
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..^-^§&#£@ 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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