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¨§¨¨¨§§§§§                                          §¨§§§§¨§¨§
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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. ¨§¨§§¨§§§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨                                          §§§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§§§§§§¨¨ 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.                §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨
§§¨§§¨§¨¨§ 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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