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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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