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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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