¨.~*%&¶### ###¶&%*~.¨
¨.~*%%&¶## ##¶&%%*~.¨
¨.~*%%&¶## ##¶&%%*~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~%& &%~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~*%%%%¶ ¶%%%%*~¨¨¨
¨¨...*%%¶# 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. ##¶&%%*~.¨
¨.~*%%&¶## ##¶&%%*~.¨
¨¨¨..~%&¶# * #¶&%~..¨¨¨
¨.*%%&¶### ~~~ ###¶&%%*.¨
¨.....~%%& ..... &%%~.....¨
¨.~*%%&¶## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ##¶&%%*~.¨
¨.~*%%&¶¶¶ ..... ¶¶¶&%%*~.¨
¨.~*%%&¶## ~~~ ##¶&%%*~.¨
¨¨¨¨~~**%& * &%**~~¨¨¨¨
¨.~*%%&¶## ##¶&%%*~.¨
¨.~*%%&¶## ##¶&%%*~.¨
¨¨¨.*%%%%& &%%%%*.¨¨¨
¨.~*%%&&¶# #¶&&%%*~.¨
¨.~*%%&¶## ##¶&%%*~.¨