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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 $%†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†% my  body  so  that  it  can see  clearly %†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†              whats in store.             †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«                                          «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: they give me  food: prawn-like bugs that :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ make my tongue  curl with  satisfaction. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: "out of this world", i think,  having no :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:« frame of  reference. i eat only two, but «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†      the bugs leave me suspiciously      †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†%                satisfied.                %†«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«†%$                                          $%†«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†%$& 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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