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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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