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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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¨&&¨&&¨&¨& 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 &¨¨&&¨&¨¨¨
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¨&¨&&&¨¨&& 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 ¨&&¨&&¨¨¨¨
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¨&&&¨&¨&&& satisfied. &&¨&&&¨¨&¨
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&¨&¨¨¨&¨¨¨ they measure my clothes. "you are going &¨&¨&&&¨&&
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¨¨&¨&¨&¨¨& me, barely controlling themselves with ¨¨¨&¨&¨&¨&
¨&&&&&&¨&¨ anticipation. ¨¨&&&&&&&&
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