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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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