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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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