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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      @%/«,.....
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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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