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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.                ,,~/%¤§###
#@#§¤%/~,,                                          ,,~/%¤§#@#
#@#§¤%/~,, 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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