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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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