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..,~†£@#@# 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. #@#@£†~,..
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..,~†£@#@# 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      #@#@£†~,..
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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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