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#§$*:«^¨¨¨ YOU."  I  DON'T  QUITE  LIKE THE TONE IN ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
@#§$*:«^¨¨ THEIR VOICES,  LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ¨¨^«:*$§#@
#@#§$*:«^¨ THEMSELVES.  THERE  IS A  HUNGER IN THEM ¨^«:*$§#@#
@#§$*:«^¨¨ AND  IT  WANTS  ME  TO  SHRINK. AND WHAT ¨¨^«:*$§#@
#§$*:«^¨¨¨ REALLY   IRKS  ME  IS  THAT  SO   DO  I. ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
§$*:«^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^«:*$§
#§$*:«^¨¨¨ THEY GIVE  ME  WRISTBANDS  AND  ANKLETS, ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
@#§$*:«^¨¨ MADE  OF  SOME   STRANGE  STONE.   THEIR ¨¨^«:*$§#@
#@#§$*:«^¨      SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK      ¨^«:*$§#@#
@#§$*:«^¨¨   THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE   ¨¨^«:*$§#@
#§$*:«^¨¨¨ WINDOWS INTO  A SMALLER WORLD,  CLOSE TO ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
§$*:«^¨¨¨¨ MY BODY  SO  THAT  IT  CAN  SEE  CLEARLY ¨¨¨¨^«:*$§
#§$*:«^¨¨¨             WHATS IN STORE.              ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
@#§$*:«^¨¨                                          ¨¨^«:*$§#@
#@#§$*:«^¨ THEY  GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ¨^«:*$§#@#
@#§$*:«^¨¨ MAKE MY  TONGUE CURL  WITH SATISFACTION. ¨¨^«:*$§#@
#§$*:«^¨¨¨ "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK,  HAVING NO ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
§$*:«^¨¨¨¨ FRAME OF  REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ¨¨¨¨^«:*$§
#§$*:«^¨¨¨      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
@#§$*:«^¨¨                SATISFIED.                ¨¨^«:*$§#@
#@#§$*:«^¨                                          ¨^«:*$§#@#
@#§$*:«^¨¨ THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES.  "YOU ARE GOING ¨¨^«:*$§#@
#§$*:«^¨¨¨ TO BECOME ABOUT  HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
§$*:«^¨¨¨¨  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ¨¨¨¨^«:*$§
#§$*:«^¨¨¨               ANTICIPATION.              ¨¨¨^«:*$§#
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