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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. ¨:~/%@#@##
#@#@%/~:¨¨                                          ¨¨:~/%@#@#
@#@%/~:¨¨¨ 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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