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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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