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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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&..&&&&&.. = ....&..&&&
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