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¨&&¨¨&&&&¨ 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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