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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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