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&&&....&&& 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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