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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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