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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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