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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 ¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¨
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¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨ 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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¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨ THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY ¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤
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¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¨ THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨ TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¤
¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¨ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨
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