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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 @¤*^«,,,,,
,,,,,,«^*¤ 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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