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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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