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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.             ¶§%/~,,,,,
,,,,~/%§¶#                                          #¶§%/~,,,,
,,,~/%§¶## 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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