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.^=;=§&### YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN ###&§=;=^.
.^=;§&#### THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ####&§;=^.
.^=;=§&&&# THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM #&&&§=;=^.
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.^=;=§&&&& REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. &&&&§=;=^.
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.....====& THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, &====.....
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.^=;=§&### 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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.^=;=§&### ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ###&§=;=^.
.^^^^;==&& ANTICIPATION. &&==;^^^^.
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