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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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&&&&&..&&& 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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