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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  §..§..§.§§
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