....,,^^%@ @%^^,,....
....,^^@@# #@@^^,....
.,~^%@@@@# #@@@@%^~,.
....,^%@@# #@@%^,....
.,~^%@@@@# #@@@@%^~,.
.,~^%@@@## 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. #@@@@%^~,.
.,~^%@@### ###@@%^~,.
.,~~~^%%@@ 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. @%~.......
.....,,^@@ @@^,,.....
.,~^%@@@## 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. ##@@@%^~,.
.,~~^^@@@@ @@@@^^~~,.
.,~^%@@@## 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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