@§@%:=^,,,                                          ,,,^=:%@§@
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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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@§@%:=^,,,                    :                     ,,,^=:%@§@
#@§@%:=^,,                   ===                    ,,^=:%@§@#
##@§@%:=^,                   ^^^^^                  ,^=:%@§@##
#@§@%:=^,,                 ,,,,,,,,                 ,,^=:%@§@#
@§@%:=^,,,                  ^^^^^                   ,,,^=:%@§@
§@%:=^,,,,                   ===                    ,,,,^=:%@§
@§@%:=^,,,                     :                    ,,,^=:%@§@
#@§@%:=^,,                                          ,,^=:%@§@#
##@§@%:=^,                                          ,^=:%@§@##
#@§@%:=^,,                                          ,,^=:%@§@#
@§@%:=^,,,                                          ,,,^=:%@§@
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