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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. @§¤*:-~...
..~-:*¤§@# #@§¤*:-~..
.~-:*¤§@## 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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