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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. &&¨&&¨¨&&¨
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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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