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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      §....§§§§§
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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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