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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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