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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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