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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. @@#%%%\=-,
,-=\%%#@@@ @@@#%%\=-,
,-=\%%#@@# 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 @@@#%%\=-,
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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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