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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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