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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. §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§
§§§§¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§ 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.             ¨§§¨§§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§§¨¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§¨§¨ 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.                ¨¨§¨¨§§§¨§
¨¨§§§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨§§¨
¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨ 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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§§§¨§¨¨§§¨                    \                     ¨¨§§¨§¨¨§§
¨¨§§§¨§¨§§                    ---                   ¨§¨§§§¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨                  ~~~~~                   §§§¨¨§§§¨¨
§§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                 ¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§§¨§                   ~~~~~                  ¨§§§§¨§§¨§
§¨¨§¨§¨§§§                   ---                    §¨¨¨§§¨§§§
§¨§§§§§¨¨§                    \                     §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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¨§¨¨¨§§§¨§                                          §§¨¨§§§¨§¨
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