¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§
¨§¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §§§§§§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨ 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. ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§§§§§§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨§§§§§§§¨ 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.              ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§§§§§§§§¨
§§§§§¨¨¨¨§ 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.                §§§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ 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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