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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  ,,&&&&,,,,
&,,,,,,,&&               ANTICIPATION.              &,,&&,,&&&
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