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@#&%*\-~,, THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ,,~-\*%&#@
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@#&%*\-~,, AND IT WANTS ME TO SHRINK. AND WHAT ,,~-\*%&#@
#&%*\-~,,, REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ,,,~-\*%&#
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#&%*\-~,,, 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 ,,~-\*%&#@
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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 ,~-\*%&#@#
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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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