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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      #@*§†=-...
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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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