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.~~;=*#¶## 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 #=;~~~....
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.~~;=*#¶## 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. ##¶#*=;~~.
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.~~;=****¶ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ¶****=;~~.
.~~;=*#¶## THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY ##¶#*=;~~.
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