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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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