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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 ###¤£†^»^,
,^»^†£¤@##      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      @£^^,,,,,,
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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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