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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. ¤††«-,,,,,
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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. @@¤¤¤†/«-,
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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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