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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 #%%%†^....
.....^†$¤# TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG",  THEY TELL #¤$†^.....
....»»†$¤¤  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ¤¤$†»»....
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