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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. ,,@,@,@,@,
@,@,,@,@@,                                          ,@@,@,@,@,
@,@,@@,,@, 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 ,@@,@,@,@,
@,@,@@,,@, TO BECOME  ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ,,@,@,@,@,
@,@,,@,@@,  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ,@@,@,@,@,
@,@,@@,,@,              ANTICIPATION.               ,,@,@,@,@,
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