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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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