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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. @###&**~,¨
¨,~**&#@## ##@#&**~,¨
¨,~**&#@@# 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 @&&*~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~**&#@@# ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH #@@#&**~,¨
¨,~**&#@@@ ANTICIPATION. @@@#&**~,¨
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