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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      ,,,,,,,,,^
~^,,,,,,,,                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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