##@£&^;«:, ,:«;^&£@##
@§§§&^;«:, ,:«;^&§§§@
#@£§&^;«:, ,:«;^&§£@#
§^^;««««:, ,:««««;^^§
##@£§^;«:, ,:«;^§£@##
§&&&;::,,, 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. ,,,,««^§££
§§&^^«:,,, ,,,:«^^&§§
@£§&&^;«:, ; ,:«;^&&§£@
§^;:,,,,,, ««« ,,,,,,:;^§
@§^«:,,,,, ::::: ,,,,,:«^§@
#@£§&^;«:, ,,,,,,,, ,:«;^&§£@#
#@£§&^;«:, ::::: ,:«;^&§£@#
£££§&^;«:, ««« ,:«;^&§£££
##@§&^;«:, ; ,:«;^&§@##
#@£§&^;«:, ,:«;^&§£@#
##£§&^;«:, ,:«;^&§£##
#@£§&^;«:, ,:«;^&§£@#
§^;;«,,,,, ,,,,,«;;^§
§&&&^«:,,, ,,,:«^&&&§