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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 @@¤§\:....
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.:~\§§$$@@ REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. @@$$§§\~:.
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.:~\§$¤@@@ MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR @@@¤$§\~:.
.:~\§$¤@@@ SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK @@@¤$§\~:.
.:~\§$¤@@# THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE #@@¤$§\~:.
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.:~\§$¤@## MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ##@¤$§\~:.
.:~\§$¤@@# "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO #@@¤$§\~:.
.:~\$¤@@## 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 #@@¤$§\~:.
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.:~\§$¤@@@ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH @@@¤$§\~:.
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