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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.                ,^-*%*¤###
##¤*%*-^,,                                          ,,^-*%*¤##
#¤*%*-^,,, 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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