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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  */~-......
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