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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      #¤%%%/,,,,
,,~/%£¤###                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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