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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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