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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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