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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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