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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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¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤ 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 ¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
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