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####@†;«^.                                          .^«;†@####
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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. .^«;†@####
###@†;«^..                                          ..^«;†@###
####@†;«^. 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.             .^«;†@####
###@†;«^..                                          ..^«;†@###
####@†;«^. 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.                ..^«;†@###
####@†;«^.                                          .^«;†@####
###@†;«^.. 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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