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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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