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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 §¨§¨§§¨§¨¨
§¨§§§§¨¨¨§             WHATS IN STORE.              §§§§¨§§§¨¨
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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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