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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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