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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.              ,@,@,@,,@,
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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  ,@,@,@,@@,
@,@,@,,@,@              ANTICIPATION.               ,@,@,@,,@,
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