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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 ¨§¨§§§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§ 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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