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¨^~~^^^*@# 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 ####@*^~^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨^^@@ 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 #@@^~~¨¨¨¨
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