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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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