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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. @@¤¤¤†^«~,
,~«^†¤@@@# #@@@¤†^«~,
,~«^†¤@@@# 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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,,,,,,«†¤@ ~~~~~ @¤†«,,,,,,
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,~«^¤@@@## ~~~~~ ##@@@¤^«~,
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