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,,,^~;=%&@ 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 =;~^,,,,,,
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,,,,^~;=%& 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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