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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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