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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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