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###£*%\~,, 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  ,,,~\%*£##
###£*%\~,,              ANTICIPATION.               ,,~\%*£###
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