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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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