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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. ..§.§..§.§
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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      ....§§§.§.
.§§§..§§.§                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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