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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 &&&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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&&&¨¨&&&&& 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 ¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&&
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