.~~;†%#@## ##@#%†;~~.
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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. #@#%†;~~..
...~~;†%#@ @#%†;~~...
..~~;†%#@# 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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