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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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