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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   ####@†/«..
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....«/†### 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      ####@†/«..
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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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