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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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,^~†^$¤@## THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS  THAT ##@¤$^†~^,
,^~†††††$¤ MAKE  MY TONGUE CURL  WITH SATISFACTION. ¤$†††††~^,
,^~†^$¤@## "OUT OF  THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ##@¤$^†~^,
,^~†^$@### FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY  TWO, BUT ###@$^†~^,
,,,,^^†$¤@      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      @¤$†^^,,,,
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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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