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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. @@§=-,,,,,
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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. #@§=~-,,,,
,-~=$§@@## ##@@§$=~-,
,,,,--=§§@ 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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,-~=$§@@## = ##@@§$=~-,
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