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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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