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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      ,&,,&,,,&&
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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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