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#@£¤&†^=,, themselves.  there is a  hunger in  them ,,=^†&¤£@#
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#@£¤&†^=,,      surface is swirling, like dark      ,,=^†&¤£@#
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#@£¤&†^=,, 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 ,,=^†&¤£@#
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#@£¤&†^=,, they measure my clothes.  "you are going ,,=^†&¤£@#
¤†^^^^,,,, to become about  half as big", they tell ,,,,^^^^†¤
#@£¤&†^=,,  me, barely controlling themselves with  ,,=^†&¤£@#
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