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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  ¶§@%*-:...
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