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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      ,,,~«**%§£
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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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