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#@#&§%/~~, THEY TELL ME: "WE ARE GOING TO SHRINK ,~~/%§&#@#
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@&§///~,,, THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ,,,~///§&@
#@#&§%/~~, THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ,~~/%§&#@#
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#@#&§%/~~, REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ,~~/%§&#@#
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#@#&§%/~~, THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, ,~~/%§&#@#
##@#§%/~~, MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR ,~~/%§#@##
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###&§%/~~, WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO ,~~/%§&###
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##@#§%/~~, WHATS IN STORE. ,~~/%§#@##
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#@#&§%/~~, THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ,~~/%§&#@#
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#@#&§%/~~, "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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