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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 &&&&&..&&.
........&& 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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