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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. ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨§ 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.             ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨
§§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§¨§¨
¨§§¨§§§§§§ 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.                ¨§§§¨§§¨§¨
§§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨§§§§
¨§§¨§§§§§¨ 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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